diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e44e6308c..59bba3ae6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -150,4 +150,3 @@ archive/
 savedir/
 output/
 tool_output/
-.aider*
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 375b05e20..d0fae3d7c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "markdownify>=0.14.1",
   "duckduckgo-search>=6.3.7",
   "python-magic>=0.4.27,<0.5.0",
+  "python-dotenv",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]