diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3873c3a..87031a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ _tmp
 env
 venv
 __pycache__
+.env
diff --git a/30_fullcontact.py b/30_fullcontact.py
index a612648..3ee2822 100644
--- a/30_fullcontact.py
+++ b/30_fullcontact.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import sys
 import requests
 
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ $ python 30_fullcontact.py twitter TWITTER_HANDLE
 
 # constants
 
-API_KEY = 'GET YOUR OWN'
+API_KEY = os.environ.get('FULLCONTACT_API_KEY')
 BASE_URL = 'http://api.fullcontact.com/v2/person.json'