diff --git a/backend/marketing_engine/telegram_scraper.php b/backend/marketing_engine/telegram_scraper.php
index 82ca0bc2..8911b514 100644
--- a/backend/marketing_engine/telegram_scraper.php
+++ b/backend/marketing_engine/telegram_scraper.php
@@ -5,7 +5,16 @@ if (php_sapi_name() !== 'cli') {
 }
 
 // Load .env for CLI
-$envPaths = [__DIR__ . '/../.env', __DIR__ . '/../../.env'];
+$homeDir = '';
+if (preg_match('#^(/home/[^/]+)#', __DIR__, $matches)) {
+    $homeDir = $matches[1];
+}
+
+$envPaths = [
+    __DIR__ . '/../.env', 
+    __DIR__ . '/../../.env',
+    $homeDir ? $homeDir . '/.env' : ''
+];
 foreach ($envPaths as $envPath) {
     if (file_exists($envPath)) {
         $lines = file($envPath, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES);