diff --git a/air_link/main_page.py b/air_link/main_page.py
index e7f0c4f..849925d 100644
--- a/air_link/main_page.py
+++ b/air_link/main_page.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from nicegui import app, ui
 
 from .authorized_keys import AuthorizedKeysDialog
-from .package import add_package, show_packages
+from .package import add_package, get_target_folder, read_env, show_packages, write_env
 from .system import docker_prune_preview, show_disk_space
 
 
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ def main_page():
                 .tooltip('Restart Air Link') \
                 .props('flat round color=white')
 
-        ui.label('Environment variables').classes('text-2xl')
+        with ui.row():
+            ui.label('Environment variables').classes('text-2xl')
+            ui.button(icon='refresh', on_click=lambda: read_env(get_target_folder())) \
+                .props('flat outline').tooltip('Load environment variables')
+            ui.button(icon='save', on_click=lambda: write_env(get_target_folder())) \
+                .props('flat outline').tooltip('Save environment variables')
         ui.codemirror().bind_value(app.storage.general, 'env').classes('h-32 border')
 
         ui.label('Packages').classes('text-2xl')
diff --git a/air_link/package.py b/air_link/package.py
index 92d74ab..825f6e9 100644
--- a/air_link/package.py
+++ b/air_link/package.py
@@ -19,6 +19,23 @@ def sorted_nicely(paths: List[Path]) -> List[Path]:
     return sorted(paths, key=lambda path: [int(c) if c.isdigit() else c for c in re.split('([0-9]+)', path.stem)])
 
 
+def write_env(target_folder: Path) -> None:
+    Path(target_folder / '.env').write_text(app.storage.general.get('env', ''))
+
+
+def read_env(target_folder: Path) -> None:
+    file_path = Path(target_folder / '.env')
+    if not file_path.exists():
+        file_path.touch()
+    app.storage.general['env'] = file_path.read_text()
+
+
+def get_target_folder() -> Path:
+    target_folder = Path(app.storage.general['target_directory']).expanduser()
+    target_folder.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    return target_folder
+
+
 @ui.refreshable
 def show_packages() -> ui.row:
     paths = sorted_nicely(list(PACKAGES_PATH.glob('*.zip')))
@@ -49,8 +66,7 @@ def remove_package(path: Path) -> None:
 
 async def install_package(path: Path) -> None:
     logging.info(f'Extracting {path}...')
-    target = Path(app.storage.general['target_directory']).expanduser()
-    target.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    target = get_target_folder()
     shutil.rmtree(target)
     with zipfile.ZipFile(path, 'r') as zip_ref:
         members = zip_ref.infolist()
@@ -59,7 +75,7 @@ async def install_package(path: Path) -> None:
             os.chmod(extracted_path, member.external_attr >> 16)
     logging.info('...done!')
 
-    Path(target / '.env').write_text(app.storage.general.get('env', ''))
+    write_env(target)
 
     logging.info('Running install script...')
     with ui.dialog(value=True).props('maximized persistent') as dialog, ui.card():
diff --git a/air_link/run.py b/air_link/run.py
index f5881a8..e653f51 100644
--- a/air_link/run.py
+++ b/air_link/run.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from nicegui import app, ui
 
 from .main_page import create_page
+from .package import get_target_folder, read_env
 from .ssh import setup
 
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ def run() -> None:
     if on_air:
         app.on_startup(setup)
 
+    read_env(get_target_folder())
     create_page()
 
     ui.run(title='Air Link', favicon='⛑', reload=False, on_air=on_air)