diff --git a/xata/utils.go b/xata/utils.go
index a4c5796..80db0d5 100644
--- a/xata/utils.go
+++ b/xata/utils.go
@@ -184,6 +184,15 @@ func getBranchName() string {
 	return defaultBranchName
 }
 
+// Get the region if the corresponding env var `XATA_REGION` is set
+// otherwise return the default region: us-east-1
+func getRegion() string {
+	if region, found := os.LookupEnv("XATA_REGION"); found {
+		return region
+	}
+	return defaultRegion
+}
+
 // loadDatabaseConfig will return config with defaults if the error is not nil.
 func loadDatabaseConfig() (databaseConfig, error) {
 	defaultDBConfig := databaseConfig{
@@ -191,6 +200,19 @@ func loadDatabaseConfig() (databaseConfig, error) {
 		branchName:      defaultBranchName,
 		domainWorkspace: defaultDataPlaneDomain,
 	}
+	// Setup with env var
+	// XATA_WORKSPACE_ID to set the workspace Id
+	if wsID, found := os.LookupEnv("XATA_WORKSPACE_ID"); found {
+		region := getRegion()
+		branch := getBranchName()
+		db := databaseConfig{
+			workspaceID: wsID,
+			region:      region,
+			branchName:  branch,
+		}
+		return db, nil
+	}
+
 	cfg, err := loadConfig(configFileName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return defaultDBConfig, err
diff --git a/xata/utils_test.go b/xata/utils_test.go
index 8734022..a4d6ea1 100644
--- a/xata/utils_test.go
+++ b/xata/utils_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,50 @@ func TestClientOptions_getAPIKey(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func Test_getBranchName(t *testing.T) {
+	// default state
+	t.Run("should be default branch name", func(t *testing.T) {
+		gotBranchName := getBranchName()
+		assert.Equal(t, gotBranchName, defaultBranchName)
+	})
+
+	setBranchName := "feature-042"
+	err := os.Setenv(branchNameEnvVar, setBranchName)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// from env var
+	t.Run("should be branch name from env var", func(t *testing.T) {
+		gotBranchName := getBranchName()
+		assert.Equal(t, gotBranchName, setBranchName)
+	})
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() { os.Unsetenv(branchNameEnvVar) })
+}
+
+func Test_getRegion(t *testing.T) {
+	// default state
+	t.Run("should be default region", func(t *testing.T) {
+		gotRegion := getRegion()
+		assert.Equal(t, gotRegion, defaultRegion)
+	})
+
+	setRegion := "eu-west-3"
+	err := os.Setenv("XATA_REGION", setRegion)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// from env var
+	t.Run("should be region from the env var", func(t *testing.T) {
+		gotRegion := getRegion()
+		assert.Equal(t, gotRegion, setRegion)
+	})
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() { os.Unsetenv("XATA_REGION") })
+}
+
 func Test_parseDatabaseURL(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -95,6 +139,7 @@ func Test_parseDatabaseURL(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func Test_loadConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	// from .xatarc
 	t.Run("should read database URL", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// Create a temporary JSON file for testing
 		tempFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "config_test.json")
@@ -128,3 +173,64 @@ func Test_loadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+func Test_loadDatabaseConfig_with_envvars(t *testing.T) {
+	setWsId := "workspace-0lac00"
+	err := os.Setenv("XATA_WORKSPACE_ID", setWsId)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// test workspace id from env var
+	t.Run("load config from WORKSPACE_ID env var", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dbCfg, err := loadDatabaseConfig()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Error loading config: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		if dbCfg.workspaceID != setWsId {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected Workspace ID: %s, got: %s", setWsId, dbCfg.workspaceID)
+		}
+		if dbCfg.branchName != defaultBranchName {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected branch name: %s, got: %s", defaultBranchName, dbCfg.branchName)
+		}
+		if dbCfg.region != defaultRegion {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected region: %s, got: %s", defaultRegion, dbCfg.region)
+		}
+	})
+
+	setBranch := "branch123"
+	err2 := os.Setenv(branchNameEnvVar, setBranch)
+	if err2 != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err2)
+	}
+	setRegion := "ap-southeast-16"
+	err3 := os.Setenv("XATA_REGION", setRegion)
+	if err3 != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err3)
+	}
+
+	// with branch and region env vars
+	t.Run("load config from XATA_WORKSPACE_ID, XATA_REGION and XATA_BRANCH env vars", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dbCfg, err := loadDatabaseConfig()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Error loading config: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		if dbCfg.workspaceID != setWsId {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected Workspace ID: %s, got: %s", setWsId, dbCfg.workspaceID)
+		}
+		if dbCfg.branchName != setBranch {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected branch name: %s, got: %s", setBranch, dbCfg.branchName)
+		}
+		if dbCfg.region != setRegion {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected region: %s, got: %s", setRegion, dbCfg.region)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		os.Unsetenv("XATA_WORKSPACE_ID")
+		os.Unsetenv("XATA_BRANCH")
+		os.Unsetenv("XATA_REGION")
+	})
+}