diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
index e706c7e..5e73985 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@ jobs:
       run: npm ci
     - name: Install Playwright Browsers
       run: npx playwright install --with-deps
-    - name: Set environment variables from JSON
-      run: |
-        echo "${{ secrets.SECRETS_JSON }}" > secrets.json
-        cat secrets.json | jq -r 'to_entries | .[] | "echo \(.key)=\(.value) >> $GITHUB_ENV"' | sh
     - name: Run Playwright tests
+      env:
+        SWAG_LABS_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SWAG_LABS_USERNAME }}
+        SWAG_LABS_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SWAG_LABS_PASSWORD }}
       run: npx playwright test
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/ui-tests/swag-labs/swg-login-form.spec.js b/tests/e2e/ui-tests/swag-labs/swg-login-form.spec.js
index 1441fa3..393a7d7 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/ui-tests/swag-labs/swg-login-form.spec.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/ui-tests/swag-labs/swg-login-form.spec.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { test } from '@playwright/test';
 import { SwagLabsDevPage } from '../../../pages/swag-labs-dev-page';
-import loadEnv from '../../../helpers/loadEnv';
+import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 
-loadEnv();
+dotenv.config({ path: '.env' });
 
 test.beforeEach('goto baseURL', async ({ page }) => {
     const swagLabsBaseURL = new SwagLabsDevPage(page);
diff --git a/tests/helpers/loadEnv.js b/tests/helpers/loadEnv.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e8225aa..0000000
--- a/tests/helpers/loadEnv.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-const dotenv = require('dotenv');
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
-
-function loadEnv() {
-  const envPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../.env');
-  if (fs.existsSync(envPath)) {
-    dotenv.config({ path: envPath });
-  } else {
-    const secretsPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../secrets.json');
-    if (fs.existsSync(secretsPath)) {
-      const secrets = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(secretsPath, 'utf8'));
-      for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(secrets)) {
-        process.env[key] = value;
-      }
-    } else {
-      const secretsJson = process.env.SECRETS_JSON;
-      if (secretsJson) {
-        const envConfig = JSON.parse(secretsJson);
-        for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(envConfig)) {
-          process.env[key] = value;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = loadEnv;
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