diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit.yml b/.github/workflows/unit.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04b35ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: Run Unit Tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.22.x'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: go mod download
+      - name: Test with the Go CLI
+        run: go test -v ./...
diff --git a/cmd/backup/config_provider.go b/cmd/backup/config_provider.go
index 4225d708..62da12be 100644
--- a/cmd/backup/config_provider.go
+++ b/cmd/backup/config_provider.go
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 	"github.com/offen/docker-volume-backup/internal/errwrap"
 	"github.com/offen/envconfig"
+	"mvdan.cc/sh/shell"
 )
 
 type configStrategy string
@@ -99,11 +100,7 @@ func loadConfigsFromEnvFiles(directory string) ([]*Config, error) {
 			continue
 		}
 		p := filepath.Join(directory, item.Name())
-		f, err := os.ReadFile(p)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errwrap.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("error reading %s", item.Name()))
-		}
-		envFile, err := godotenv.Unmarshal(os.ExpandEnv(string(f)))
+		envFile, err := source(p)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errwrap.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("error reading config file %s", p))
 		}
@@ -125,3 +122,17 @@ func loadConfigsFromEnvFiles(directory string) ([]*Config, error) {
 
 	return configs, nil
 }
+
+// source tries to mimic the pre v2.37.0 behavior of calling
+// `set +a; source $path; set -a` and returns the env vars as a map
+func source(path string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	vars, err := shell.SourceFile(context.Background(), path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errwrap.Wrap(err, "error sourcing conf file")
+	}
+	result := map[string]string{}
+	for key, value := range vars {
+		result[key] = value.String()
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/backup/config_provider_test.go b/cmd/backup/config_provider_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..234de675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/backup/config_provider_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSource(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name           string
+		input          string
+		expectError    bool
+		expectedOutput map[string]string
+	}{
+		{
+			"default",
+			"testdata/default.env",
+			false,
+			map[string]string{
+				"FOO": "bar",
+				"BAZ": "qux",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"not found",
+			"testdata/nope.env",
+			true,
+			nil,
+		},
+		{
+			"braces",
+			"testdata/braces.env",
+			false,
+			map[string]string{
+				"FOO": "qux",
+				"BAR": "xxx",
+				"BAZ": "",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"expansion",
+			"testdata/expansion.env",
+			false,
+			map[string]string{
+				"BAR": "xxx",
+				"FOO": "xxx",
+				"BAZ": "xxx",
+				"QUX": "yyy",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	os.Setenv("QUX", "yyy")
+	defer os.Unsetenv("QUX")
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result, err := source(test.input)
+			if (err != nil) != test.expectError {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected error value %v", err)
+			}
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expectedOutput, result) {
+				t.Errorf("Expected %v, got %v", test.expectedOutput, result)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/backup/testdata/braces.env b/cmd/backup/testdata/braces.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11b5bdc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/backup/testdata/braces.env
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FOO=${bar:-qux}
+BAR=xxx
+BAZ=$NOPE
diff --git a/cmd/backup/testdata/default.env b/cmd/backup/testdata/default.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..214ea78c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/backup/testdata/default.env
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+FOO=bar
+BAZ=qux
diff --git a/cmd/backup/testdata/expansion.env b/cmd/backup/testdata/expansion.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cba0e6d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/backup/testdata/expansion.env
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+BAR=xxx
+FOO=${BAR}
+BAZ=$BAR
+QUX=${QUX}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cedbb00a..2d87cace 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/cli v24.0.9+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/docker v24.0.7+incompatible
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.1
-	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.6
 	github.com/leekchan/timeutil v0.0.0-20150802142658-28917288c48d
 	github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.67
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.17.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0
+	mvdan.cc/sh v2.6.4+incompatible
 )
 
 require (
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220609170525-579cf78fd858 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d4d4bacd..6f1464d8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -443,8 +443,6 @@ github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20200824232613-28f6c0f3b639/go.mod h1:
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.1/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/jarcoal/httpmock v1.2.0 h1:gSvTxxFR/MEMfsGrvRbdfpRUMBStovlSRLw0Ep1bwwc=
 github.com/jarcoal/httpmock v1.2.0/go.mod h1:oCoTsnAz4+UoOUIf5lJOWV2QQIW5UoeUI6aM2YnWAZk=
-github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
-github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
 github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0/go.mod h1:J/6gKK9jxlEcS3zixgDgUAsiuZ7yrSoa/FX5e0EB2j4=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.9/go.mod h1:KdQUCv79m/52Kvf8AW2vK1V8akMuk1QjK/uOdHXbAo4=
@@ -473,6 +471,7 @@ github.com/kr/logfmt v0.0.0-20140226030751-b84e30acd515/go.mod h1:+0opPa2QZZtGFB
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.0/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0 h1:WgNl7dwNpEZ6jJ9k1snq4pZsg7DOEN8hP9Xw0Tsjwk0=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0/go.mod h1:640gp4NfQd8pI5XOwp5fnNeVWj67G7CFk/SaSQn7NBk=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
@@ -599,6 +598,7 @@ github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1 h1:WdRxkvbJztn8LMz/QEvLN5sBU+xKpSqwwUO1Pjr4qDs=
 github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:eQICP3HwyT7UooqI/z+Ov+PtYAWygg1TEWWzGIFLtro=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jVj6XXZzXRy/MSR5jhDC/2q6DgLz+nrA6LYCDYWNEvQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.1 h1:/FiVV8dS/e+YqF2JvO3yXRFbBLTIuSDkuC7aBOAvL+k=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.1/go.mod h1:xXDCJY+GAPziupqXw64V24skbSoqbTEfhy4qGm1nDQc=
 github.com/rs/xid v1.5.0 h1:mKX4bl4iPYJtEIxp6CYiUuLQ/8DYMoz0PUdtGgMFRVc=
 github.com/rs/xid v1.5.0/go.mod h1:trrq9SKmegXys3aeAKXMUTdJsYXVwGY3RLcfgqegfbg=
@@ -1259,6 +1259,8 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
+mvdan.cc/sh v2.6.4+incompatible h1:eD6tDeh0pw+/TOTI1BBEryZ02rD2nMcFsgcvde7jffM=
+mvdan.cc/sh v2.6.4+incompatible/go.mod h1:IeeQbZq+x2SUGBensq/jge5lLQbS3XT2ktyp3wrt4x8=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
diff --git a/test/confd/02backup.env b/test/confd/02backup.env
index 4278acb4..09bab41a 100644
--- a/test/confd/02backup.env
+++ b/test/confd/02backup.env
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 NAME="other"
 BACKUP_CRON_EXPRESSION="*/1 * * * *"
+BACKUP_FILENAME="override-$NAME.tar.gz"
diff --git a/test/confd/run.sh b/test/confd/run.sh
index f81407a5..b722542e 100755
--- a/test/confd/run.sh
+++ b/test/confd/run.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if [ ! -f "$LOCAL_DIR/conf.tar.gz" ]; then
 fi
 pass "Config from file was used."
 
-if [ ! -f "$LOCAL_DIR/other.tar.gz" ]; then
+if [ ! -f "$LOCAL_DIR/override-other.tar.gz" ]; then
   fail "Run on same schedule did not succeed."
 fi
 pass "Run on same schedule succeeded."