diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3d51ef..ae22e0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ Available Commands:
   purge       Removes old Pads entirely from Etherpad
 
 Flags:
-      --etherpad.apikey string   API Key for Etherpad
-      --etherpad.url string      URL to access Etherpad (default "http://localhost:9001")
+      --etherpad.apikey string   API Key for Etherpad (Env: ETHERPAD_APIKEY)
+      --etherpad.url string      URL to access Etherpad (Env: ETHERPAD_URL) (default "http://localhost:9001")
   -h, --help                     help for etherpad-toolkit
-      --log.format string        Format for log output (default "text")
-      --log.level string         Log level (default "info")
+      --log.format string        Format for log output (Env: LOG_FORMAT) (default "text")
+      --log.level string         Log level (Env: LOG_LEVEL) (default "info")
+
 
 Use "etherpad-toolkit [command] --help" for more information about a command.
 ```
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 5234cc6..e5746a9 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -25,10 +27,30 @@ func NewRootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		Long:  "Etherpad Toolkit is a collection for most common Etherpad maintenance tasks.",
 	}
 
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&etherpadUrl, "etherpad.url", "http://localhost:9001", "URL to access Etherpad")
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&etherpadApiKey, "etherpad.apikey", "", "API Key for Etherpad")
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&logLevel, "log.level", "info", "Log level")
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&logFormat, "log.format", "text", "Format for log output")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().String("etherpad.url", "http://localhost:9001", "URL to access Etherpad (Env: ETHERPAD_URL)")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().String("etherpad.apikey", "", "API Key for Etherpad (Env: ETHERPAD_APIKEY)")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().String("log.level", "info", "Log level (Env: LOG_LEVEL)")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().String("log.format", "text", "Format for log output (Env: LOG_FORMAT)")
+
+	etherpadUrl = os.Getenv("ETHERPAD_URL")
+	if etherpadUrl == "" {
+		etherpadUrl = cmd.Flag("etherpad.url").Value.String()
+	}
+
+	etherpadApiKey = os.Getenv("ETHERPAD_APIKEY")
+	if etherpadApiKey == "" {
+		etherpadApiKey = cmd.Flag("etherpad.apikey").Value.String()
+	}
+
+	logLevel = os.Getenv("LOG_LEVEL")
+	if logLevel == "" {
+		logLevel = cmd.Flag("log.level").Value.String()
+	}
+
+	logFormat = os.Getenv("LOG_FORMAT")
+	if logFormat == "" {
+		logFormat = cmd.Flag("log.format").Value.String()
+	}
 
 	if logFormat == "json" {
 		log.SetFormatter(&log.JSONFormatter{})
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a7f7c86..d28efa2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210514084401-e8d321eab015 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6c15d15..69617cb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -423,8 +423,9 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200615200032-f1bc736245b1/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200625212154-ddb9806d33ae/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210309074719-68d13333faf2 h1:46ULzRKLh1CwgRq2dC5SlBzEqqNCi8rreOZnNrbqcIY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210309074719-68d13333faf2/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210514084401-e8d321eab015 h1:hZR0X1kPW+nwyJ9xRxqZk1vx5RUObAPBdKVvXPDUH/E=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210514084401-e8d321eab015/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20180807135948-17ff2d5776d2/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=