diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 149045a..378a969 100755
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
 // src/cli.ts
-import "dotenv/config";
+import dotenv from "dotenv";
 
 // src/schema.ts
 import FormData from "form-data";
@@ -202,12 +202,19 @@ function createSelectOptions(recordName, schema) {
   const selectFields = schema.filter((field) => field.type === "select");
   const typestring = selectFields.map(
     (field) => `export enum ${getOptionEnumName(recordName, field.name)} {
-${getOptionValues(field).map((val) => `	"${val}" = "${val}",`).join("\n")}
+${getOptionValues(field).map((val) => `	"${getSelectOptionEnumName(val)}" = "${val}",`).join("\n")}
 }
 `
   ).join("\n");
   return typestring;
 }
+function getSelectOptionEnumName(val) {
+  if (!isNaN(Number(val))) {
+    return `E${val}`;
+  } else {
+    return val;
+  }
+}
 
 // src/lib.ts
 function generate(results) {
@@ -271,6 +278,8 @@ async function main(options2) {
   } else if (options2.url) {
     schema = await fromURL(options2.url, options2.email, options2.password);
   } else if (options2.env) {
+    const path = typeof options2.env === "string" ? options2.env : ".env";
+    dotenv.config({ path });
     if (!process.env.PB_TYPEGEN_URL || !process.env.PB_TYPEGEN_EMAIL || !process.env.PB_TYPEGEN_PASSWORD) {
       return console.error(
         "Missing environment variables. Check options: pocketbase-typegen --help"
@@ -295,7 +304,7 @@ async function main(options2) {
 import { program } from "commander";
 
 // package.json
-var version = "1.1.11";
+var version = "1.1.12";
 
 // src/index.ts
 program.name("Pocketbase Typegen").version(version).description(
@@ -317,8 +326,8 @@ program.name("Pocketbase Typegen").version(version).description(
   "path to save the typescript output file",
   "pocketbase-types.ts"
 ).option(
-  "-e, --env",
-  "flag to use environment variables for configuration, add PB_TYPEGEN_URL, PB_TYPEGEN_EMAIL, PB_TYPEGEN_PASSWORD to your .env file"
+  "-e, --env [path]",
+  "flag to use environment variables for configuration. Add PB_TYPEGEN_URL, PB_TYPEGEN_EMAIL, PB_TYPEGEN_PASSWORD to your .env file. Optionally provide a path to your .env file"
 );
 program.parse(process.argv);
 var options = program.opts();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7fffe2d..fc2b825 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pocketbase-typegen",
-  "version": "1.1.11",
+  "version": "1.1.12",
   "description": "Generate pocketbase record types from your database",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/src/fields.ts b/src/fields.ts
index ee96d88..3214910 100644
--- a/src/fields.ts
+++ b/src/fields.ts
@@ -87,10 +87,19 @@ export function createSelectOptions(
     .map(
       (field) => `export enum ${getOptionEnumName(recordName, field.name)} {
 ${getOptionValues(field)
-  .map((val) => `\t"${val}" = "${val}",`)
+  .map((val) => `\t"${getSelectOptionEnumName(val)}" = "${val}",`)
   .join("\n")}
 }\n`
     )
     .join("\n")
   return typestring
 }
+
+export function getSelectOptionEnumName(val: string) {
+  if (!isNaN(Number(val))) {
+    // The value is a number, which cannot be used as an enum name
+    return `E${val}`
+  } else {
+    return val
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fields.test.ts b/test/fields.test.ts
index 73b628c..951289f 100644
--- a/test/fields.test.ts
+++ b/test/fields.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { createSelectOptions, createTypeField } from "../src/fields"
+import {
+  createSelectOptions,
+  createTypeField,
+  getSelectOptionEnumName,
+} from "../src/fields"
 
 import { FieldSchema } from "../src/types"
 
@@ -265,3 +269,16 @@ describe("createSelectOptions", () => {
     expect(result).toMatchSnapshot()
   })
 })
+
+describe("getSelectOptionEnumName", () => {
+  it("uses the select option value as the enum name", () => {
+    expect(getSelectOptionEnumName("hello")).toEqual("hello")
+    expect(getSelectOptionEnumName("2022X")).toEqual("2022X")
+  })
+
+  it("prefixes the enum name when the value is a number", () => {
+    expect(getSelectOptionEnumName("2022")).toEqual("E2022")
+    expect(getSelectOptionEnumName("0")).toEqual("E0")
+    expect(getSelectOptionEnumName("0123")).toEqual("E0123")
+  })
+})