diff --git a/ecosystem.config.js b/ecosystem.config.js
index 36d9ac6..cd613dc 100644
--- a/ecosystem.config.js
+++ b/ecosystem.config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-// Single source of truth for runtime config is SREBOT/.env (loaded here).
-// Do NOT add `env:` blocks to apps below — they would override the .env values
-// and create two parallel config sources to reason about.
-require('dotenv').config();
+// Single source of truth for runtime config is SREBOT/.env. Each spawned
+// process loads it independently (botscript.py via python-dotenv, server.js
+// and web/server.js via `require('dotenv').config()`, github_webhook_updater.py
+// via python-dotenv). Do NOT add `env:` blocks below or load dotenv here —
+// either would create a second config source that can silently shadow .env.
 
 const DEPLOY_PATH = __dirname;