diff --git a/.github/actions/dotenv_action.js b/.github/actions/dotenv_action.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8bd192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/dotenv_action.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+const fs = require("fs");
+
+let dotenv_action = function (dotenvFile, keysCase) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(dotenvFile)) {
+    throw new Error("file does not exist");
+  }
+
+  const dotenv = require("dotenv").config({ path: dotenvFile });
+  const dotenv_expand = require("dotenv-expand").expand(dotenv);
+  console.log("loading .env file from " + dotenvFile);
+
+  const returnedMap = {};
+  for (const key in dotenv_expand.parsed) {
+    const value = dotenv_expand.parsed[key];
+
+    if (keysCase == "bypass") {
+      returnedMap[key] = value;
+    } else if (keysCase == "upper") {
+      returnedMap[key.toLocaleUpperCase()] = value;
+    } else {
+      returnedMap[key.toLocaleLowerCase()] = value;
+    }
+  }
+  return returnedMap;
+};
+
+module.exports = dotenv_action;
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
index 7b2ffb2..edf3132 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: DotEnv file
         id: dotenv
-        uses: actions/dotenv-action
+        uses: ./.github/actions/dotenv-action
 
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4