diff --git a/scripts/lstV2Build.ps1 b/scripts/lstV2Build.ps1
index 90115a7..a1794f3 100644
--- a/scripts/lstV2Build.ps1
+++ b/scripts/lstV2Build.ps1
@@ -1,11 +1,32 @@
 
 
 #This is only temp until we make the entire transtion over to just this app...... long time but working on build process
-$lstv2Loc = "C:\Users\matthes01\Documents\lstV2"
-$lstv2BuildsDir = Join-Path $lstv2Loc "builds"
 $scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
+$rootDir = Join-Path $scriptDir ".."
 $tmpLoc = Join-Path $scriptDir "\tmp"
 
+$envFile = Join-Path $rootDir ".env"
+
+if (Test-Path $envFile) {
+    Write-Host "Loading environment variables from $envFile"
+    Get-Content $envFile | ForEach-Object {
+        if ($_ -match "^\s*([^#][^=]*)=(.*)$") {
+            $name = $matches[1].Trim()
+            $value = $matches[2].Trim()
+            [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable($name, $value)
+        }
+    }
+} else {
+    Write-Host ".env file not found at $envFile"
+}
+
+if (-not $env:LSTV2) {
+    Write-Warning "BUILD_NAME environment variable is not set. Please make sure you have entered the correct info the env"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+$lstv2Loc = $env:LSTV2
+$lstv2BuildsDir = Join-Path $lstv2Loc "builds"
 
 function Build-LstV2-And-Copy {
     if (Test-Path $tmpLoc) {