diff --git a/.env b/.env
index f6a1796dd420452a6bcc6ca634037d24be10d1b8..93be09c9b88debd91f692ce456a493de64a10509 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ASSIGNMENT_TITLE=""
-# LATE_PENALTY=
-# SCORE_DEFAULT=
+LATE_PENALTY="0.1"
+SCORE_DEFAULT="100"
 POINTS_FOR_RUNS=[]
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diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6b76b4fabc20a488b0a750c32ea100719ca322d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Python Debugger: Current File",
+            "type": "debugpy",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "program": "${file}",
+            "console": "integratedTerminal"
+        }
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index da7a21a6174ec646a1cacf3d386870fc6fa941c8..df7cb0980f27ae956e22c5c5a510ce29a78a99fe 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ from pyfiglet import Figlet
 from os import system
 from colored import Fore, Style #Documentation: https://dslackw.gitlab.io/colored/user_guide/user_guide/#user-guide
 from time import sleep
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 import os
 
+load_dotenv("./.env")
 """
 These are global variables, some can be changed.
 """
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ Environment Variable Imports
 
 title = os.getenv("ASSIGNMENT_TITLE", default="Assignment Title")
 scoreDefault = os.getenv("SCORE_DEFAULT", default=100) # What the score is out of
-latePenalty = scoreDefault * int(os.getenv("LATE_PENALTY", default="1"))
+latePenalty = scoreDefault * float(os.getenv("LATE_PENALTY", default="0.1"))
 defaults = os.getenv("POINTS_FOR_RUNS", default=[10,20,0])
 """
  * CHANGEABLE
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c32cd1b13aac557152c6de9f9e3698b77b3e2c33..aae234a49171c03e72356c88846fd703d3dffa1b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pyfiglet
-colored
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+colored
+python-dotenv
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