diff --git a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
index c3c8738..d0292ce 100644
--- a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
+++ b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ mkDerivation {
 		ln -s ${libsass}/lib/python3.11/site-packages/* /build/lib/python3.11/site-packages/
 		ln -s ${marshmallow}/lib/python3.11/site-packages/* /build/lib/python3.11/site-packages/
 		ln -s ${packaging}/lib/python3.11/site-packages/* /build/lib/python3.11/site-packages/
+		ln -s ${python-dotenv}/lib/python3.11/site-packages/* /build/lib/python3.11/site-packages/
 
 		export PYTHONPATH=/build/lib/python3.11/site-packages