diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7492d9c..ffb82bc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 debug.log
 historyposterd
+.env
+.env.d
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 800710a..73aff3a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ lint:
 	sh -c 'test -z "$$(gofmt -l .)"'
 
 debug: build
-	GOTRACEBACK=all HISTORYPOSTER_DEBUG=1 ./$(FN)d 2>&1 | tee -a debug.log
+	-mkdir -p ./.env.d
+	echo 1 > ./.env.d/HISTORYPOSTER_DEBUG
+	GOTRACEBACK=all envdir ./.env.d ./$(FN)d 2>&1 | tee -a debug.log
 
 debugger:
 	cd cmd/historyposter && dlv debug main.go