diff --git a/extras/strfry/ldap-policy.ts b/extras/strfry/ldap-policy.ts
index 6ac8fda..a200639 100644
--- a/extras/strfry/ldap-policy.ts
+++ b/extras/strfry/ldap-policy.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 import type { Policy } from 'https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/strfry-policies/-/raw/develop/mod.ts';
 import { Client } from 'npm:ldapts';
-import { load } from "https://deno.land/std@0.224.0/dotenv/mod.ts";
 
-const env      = await load({ export: true });
-const url      = Deno.env.get("LDAP_URL");
-const bindDN   = Deno.env.get("LDAP_BIND_DN");
-const password = Deno.env.get("LDAP_PASSWORD");
-const searchDN = Deno.env.get("LDAP_SEARCH_DN");
+interface LdapConfig {
+  url: string;
+  bindDN: string;
+  password: string;
+  searchDN: string;
+}
 
-const ldapPolicy: Policy<void> = async (msg) => {
-  const client = new Client({ url });
+const ldapPolicy: Policy<LdapConfig> = async (msg, opts) => {
+  const client = new Client({ url: opts.url });
   const { pubkey, kind, tags } = msg.event;
   let out = { id: msg.event.id }
 
   try {
-    await client.bind(bindDN, password);
+    await client.bind(opts.bindDN, opts.password);
 
-    const { searchEntries } = await client.search(searchDN, {
+    const { searchEntries } = await client.search(opts.searchDN, {
       filter: `(nostrKey=${pubkey})`,
       attributes: ['nostrKey']
     });
diff --git a/extras/strfry/strfry-policy.ts b/extras/strfry/strfry-policy.ts
index 0838170..15fafe9 100755
--- a/extras/strfry/strfry-policy.ts
+++ b/extras/strfry/strfry-policy.ts
@@ -8,15 +8,25 @@ import {
   readStdin,
   writeStdout,
 } from 'https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/strfry-policies/-/raw/develop/mod.ts';
-
 import ldapPolicy from './ldap-policy.ts';
+import { load } from "https://deno.land/std@0.224.0/dotenv/mod.ts";
+
+const dirname = new URL('.', import.meta.url).pathname;
+await load({ envPath: `${dirname}/.env`, export: true });
+
+const ldapConfig = {
+  url: Deno.env.get("LDAP_URL"),
+  bindDN: Deno.env.get("LDAP_BIND_DN"),
+  password: Deno.env.get("LDAP_PASSWORD"),
+  searchDN: Deno.env.get("LDAP_SEARCH_DN"),
+}
 
 for await (const msg of readStdin()) {
   const result = await pipeline(msg, [
     [hellthreadPolicy, { limit: 10 }],
     [antiDuplicationPolicy, { ttl: 60000, minLength: 50 }],
     [rateLimitPolicy, { whitelist: ['127.0.0.1'] }],
-    [ldapPolicy],
+    [ldapPolicy, ldapConfig],
   ]);
 
   writeStdout(result);