diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 320923e..a493287 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-teloxide = { version = "0.17.0", features = ["macros"] }
+teloxide = { version = "0.17.0", features = ["macros", "ctrlc_handler"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 sqlx = { version = "0.8.6", features = [
     "runtime-tokio-rustls",
diff --git a/pawctioneer_bot_dev.db b/pawctioneer_bot_dev.db
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20629ed
Binary files /dev/null and b/pawctioneer_bot_dev.db differ
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 99554c0..f39743b 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ impl Config {
     ///
     /// The configuration is automatically validated during construction.
     pub fn from_env() -> Result<Self> {
-        // Load .env file if present (fails silently if not found)
-        let _ = dotenvy::dotenv();
+        dotenvy::dotenv()?;
+        env_logger::init();
 
         let telegram_token = env::var("TELOXIDE_TOKEN")
             .context("TELOXIDE_TOKEN environment variable is required")?;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0e6237a..5ba5d67 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -28,13 +28,8 @@ pub enum Command {
     Settings,
 }
 
-// No longer needed - dptree will dispatch directly!
-
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    // Initialize logging
-    env_logger::init();
-
     // Load and validate configuration from environment/.env file
     let config = Config::from_env()?;
 
@@ -42,7 +37,6 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let db_pool = config.create_database_pool().await?;
 
     info!("Starting Pawctioneer Bot...");
-
     let bot = Bot::new(&config.telegram_token);
 
     // Create dispatcher with direct command routing