diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index 01b4992..ec6cf6d 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 BING_SEARCH_KEY =
 BING_ENDPOINT =
 CACHE_PATH =
+OUTPUT_FOLDER =
diff --git a/finesse/accuracy_functions.py b/finesse/accuracy_functions.py
index ff674ec..8f71f03 100644
--- a/finesse/accuracy_functions.py
+++ b/finesse/accuracy_functions.py
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
 import datetime
 import csv
 import os
+import re
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from collections import namedtuple
-import regex as re
+
 from finesse.bing_search import BingSearch
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
-OUTPUT_FOLDER = "./finesse/output"
+load_dotenv()
+OUTPUT_FOLDER = os.getenv("OUTPUT_FOLDER","./finesse/output")
 AccuracyResult = namedtuple("AccuracyResult", ["position", "total_pages", "score"])
 
 def calculate_accuracy(responses_url: list[str], expected_url: list | str) -> AccuracyResult:
diff --git a/finesse/bing_search.py b/finesse/bing_search.py
index c183949..ac8b60d 100644
--- a/finesse/bing_search.py
+++ b/finesse/bing_search.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-from azure.cognitiveservices.search.websearch import WebSearchClient
-from msrest.authentication import CognitiveServicesCredentials
 import time
 import statistics
+
+from azure.cognitiveservices.search.websearch import WebSearchClient
+from msrest.authentication import CognitiveServicesCredentials
 from joblib import Memory
 
 
diff --git a/finesse/finesse_test.py b/finesse/finesse_test.py
index c5bbd91..ea4cc31 100644
--- a/finesse/finesse_test.py
+++ b/finesse/finesse_test.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-from locust import HttpUser, task, events
-from jsonreader import JSONReader
 import os
 import json
+
+from locust import HttpUser, task, events
+
 from accuracy_functions import save_to_markdown, save_to_csv, calculate_accuracy, update_dict_bing_data
 from host import is_host_up
+from jsonreader import JSONReader
 
 global_test_data = dict()
 settings = dict()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 636df26..92c606b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 locust
-regex
 python-dotenv
 azure-cognitiveservices-search-websearch
 msrest