diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index 4b1ec0c3..8d72052a 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ AP_ROOT=$(pwd)
 export AP_ROOT
 
 dotenv
+dotenv_if_exists dev.env
 
 PATH_add "$AP_DEVCACHE_NODE_BIN"
 PATH_add "$AP_DEVCACHE_BIN"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0d5963b7..76f45b3c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ coverage.txt
 go.work
 go.work.sum
 
-.devenv
+dev.env
diff --git a/make/init.mk b/make/init.mk
index d7755b22..7ff75d83 100644
--- a/make/init.mk
+++ b/make/init.mk
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ ifndef AP_ROOT
 	PATH                := $(AP_DEVCACHE_BIN):$(AP_DEVCACHE_NODE_BIN):$(PATH)
 endif
 
--include $(AP_ROOT)/.devenv
-
 UNAME_OS                   := $(shell uname -s)
 UNAME_OS_LOWER             := $(shell uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 # uname reports x86_64. rename to amd64 to make it usable by goreleaser