diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index be799ce..83ca85d 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -4,60 +4,51 @@ KiCad MCP Server - A Model Context Protocol server for KiCad on macOS.
 This server allows Claude and other MCP clients to interact with KiCad projects.
 """
 import os
-import sys
-import logging # Import logging module
+import logging
 
-# Must import config BEFORE env potentially overrides it via os.environ
-from mckicad.config import KICAD_USER_DIR, ADDITIONAL_SEARCH_PATHS
-from mckicad.server import main as server_main
-from mckicad.utils.env import load_dotenv
-
-# --- Setup Logging --- 
-log_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'mckicad.log') 
+# --- Setup Logging ---
+log_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'mckicad.log')
 logging.basicConfig(
     level=logging.INFO,
     format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - [PID:%(process)d] - %(message)s',
     handlers=[
-        logging.FileHandler(log_file, mode='w'), # Use 'w' to overwrite log on each start
-        # logging.StreamHandler() # Optionally keep logging to console if needed
+        logging.FileHandler(log_file, mode='w'),
     ]
 )
 # ---------------------
 
-logging.info("--- Server Starting --- ")
-logging.info(f"Initial KICAD_USER_DIR from config.py: {KICAD_USER_DIR}")
-logging.info(f"Initial ADDITIONAL_SEARCH_PATHS from config.py: {ADDITIONAL_SEARCH_PATHS}")
+logging.info("--- Server Starting ---")
 
-# Get PID for logging (already used by basicConfig)
-_PID = os.getpid()
+# Load .env BEFORE any mckicad imports. Importing mckicad.utils.env would
+# trigger mckicad/__init__.py which eagerly imports config.py, evaluating
+# os.environ.get("KICAD_SEARCH_PATHS") before .env is loaded. So we
+# inline the loading here using only stdlib.
+_dotenv_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '.env')
+if os.path.exists(_dotenv_path):
+    logging.info(f"Loading .env from: {_dotenv_path}")
+    with open(_dotenv_path) as _f:
+        for _line in _f:
+            _line = _line.strip()
+            if not _line or _line.startswith("#"):
+                continue
+            if "=" in _line:
+                _key, _val = _line.split("=", 1)
+                _key, _val = _key.strip(), _val.strip()
+                if (_val.startswith('"') and _val.endswith('"')) or (
+                    _val.startswith("'") and _val.endswith("'")
+                ):
+                    _val = _val[1:-1]
+                os.environ[_key] = _val
+                logging.info(f"  {_key}={_val}")
+else:
+    logging.info("No .env file found")
 
-# Load environment variables from .env file if present
-# This attempts to update os.environ
-dotenv_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '.env')
-logging.info(f"Attempting to load .env file from: {dotenv_path}")
-found_dotenv = load_dotenv() # Assuming this returns True/False or similar
-logging.info(f".env file found and loaded: {found_dotenv}")
+# Now safe to import mckicad — config.py will see the .env values
+from mckicad.config import KICAD_USER_DIR, ADDITIONAL_SEARCH_PATHS
+from mckicad.server import main as server_main
 
-# Log effective values AFTER load_dotenv attempt
-# Note: The config values might not automatically re-read from os.environ 
-# depending on how config.py is written. Let's check os.environ directly.
-effective_user_dir = os.getenv('KICAD_USER_DIR')
-effective_search_paths = os.getenv('KICAD_SEARCH_PATHS')
-logging.info(f"os.environ['KICAD_USER_DIR'] after load_dotenv: {effective_user_dir}")
-logging.info(f"os.environ['KICAD_SEARCH_PATHS'] after load_dotenv: {effective_search_paths}")
-
-# Re-log the values imported from config.py to see if they reflect os.environ changes
-# (This depends on config.py using os.getenv internally AFTER load_dotenv runs)
-try:
-    from mckicad import config
-    import importlib
-    importlib.reload(config) # Attempt to force re-reading config
-    logging.info(f"Effective KICAD_USER_DIR from config.py after reload: {config.KICAD_USER_DIR}")
-    logging.info(f"Effective ADDITIONAL_SEARCH_PATHS from config.py after reload: {config.ADDITIONAL_SEARCH_PATHS}")
-except Exception as e:
-    logging.error(f"Could not reload config: {e}")
-    logging.info(f"Using potentially stale KICAD_USER_DIR from initial import: {KICAD_USER_DIR}")
-    logging.info(f"Using potentially stale ADDITIONAL_SEARCH_PATHS from initial import: {ADDITIONAL_SEARCH_PATHS}")
+logging.info(f"KICAD_USER_DIR: {KICAD_USER_DIR}")
+logging.info(f"ADDITIONAL_SEARCH_PATHS: {ADDITIONAL_SEARCH_PATHS}")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     try:
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 387769e..62ab212 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-/home/rpm/claude/kicad-mcp/venv/bin/python /home/rpm/claude/kicad-mcp/main.py "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+cd /home/rpm/claude/kicad-mcp
+uv run python main.py "$@"
\ No newline at end of file