diff --git a/backend-rust/.env.mainnet b/backend-rust/.env.mainnet
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5078fc61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend-rust/.env.mainnet
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# gRPC interface of the node.
+CCDSCAN_INDEXER_GRPC_ENDPOINTS=https://grpc.mainnet.concordium.software
+# CCDSCAN_INDEXER_GRPC_ENDPOINTS=http://localhost:20000
+
+# Database connection used by the ccdscan-indexer.
+CCDSCAN_INDEXER_DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:secret@localhost/ccdscan_mainnet
+
+# Database connection used by the ccdscan-api.
+CCDSCAN_API_DATABASE_URL=${CCDSCAN_INDEXER_DATABASE_URL}
+
+# Run database migrations at startup.
+CCDSCAN_INDEXER_MIGRATE=true
diff --git a/backend-rust/.env.stagenet b/backend-rust/.env.stagenet
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d1a2d3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend-rust/.env.stagenet
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# gRPC interface of the node.
+CCDSCAN_INDEXER_GRPC_ENDPOINTS=https://grpc.stagenet.concordium.com
+# CCDSCAN_INDEXER_GRPC_ENDPOINTS=http://localhost:20500
+
+# Database connection used by the ccdscan-indexer.
+CCDSCAN_INDEXER_DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:secret@localhost/ccdscan_stagenet
+
+# Database connection used by the ccdscan-api.
+CCDSCAN_API_DATABASE_URL=${CCDSCAN_INDEXER_DATABASE_URL}
+
+# Run database migrations at startup.
+CCDSCAN_INDEXER_MIGRATE=true
diff --git a/backend-rust/.env.testnet b/backend-rust/.env.testnet
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ebde618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend-rust/.env.testnet
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# gRPC interface of the node.
+CCDSCAN_INDEXER_GRPC_ENDPOINTS=https://grpc.testnet.concordium.com
+# CCDSCAN_INDEXER_GRPC_ENDPOINTS=http://localhost:20001
+
+# Database connection used by the ccdscan-indexer.
+CCDSCAN_INDEXER_DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:secret@localhost/ccdscan_testnet
+
+# Database connection used by the ccdscan-api.
+CCDSCAN_API_DATABASE_URL=${CCDSCAN_INDEXER_DATABASE_URL}
+
+# Run database migrations at startup.
+CCDSCAN_INDEXER_MIGRATE=true
diff --git a/backend-rust/src/bin/ccdscan-api.rs b/backend-rust/src/bin/ccdscan-api.rs
index 28276262..81577e08 100644
--- a/backend-rust/src/bin/ccdscan-api.rs
+++ b/backend-rust/src/bin/ccdscan-api.rs
@@ -53,11 +53,31 @@ struct Cli {
     /// Non-zero exit code is returned when incompatible.
     #[arg(long, env = "CCDSCAN_API_CHECK_DATABASE_COMPATIBILITY_ONLY")]
     check_database_compatibility_only: bool,
+    /// Provide file to load environment variables from, instead of the default
+    /// `.env`.
+    // This is only part of this struct in order to generate help information.
+    // This argument is actually handled before hand using `DotenvCli`.
+    #[arg(long)]
+    dotenv: Option<PathBuf>,
+}
+
+/// CLI argument parser first used for parsing only the --dotenv option.
+/// Allowing loading the provided file before parsing the remaining arguments
+/// and producing errors
+#[derive(Parser)]
+#[command(ignore_errors = true, disable_help_flag = true, disable_version_flag = true)]
+struct DotenvCli {
+    #[arg(long)]
+    dotenv: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let _ = dotenvy::dotenv();
+    if let Some(dotenv) = DotenvCli::parse().dotenv {
+        dotenvy::from_filename(dotenv)?;
+    } else {
+        let _ = dotenvy::dotenv();
+    }
     let cli = Cli::parse();
     tracing_subscriber::fmt().with_max_level(cli.log_level).init();
     let pool = PgPoolOptions::new()
diff --git a/backend-rust/src/bin/ccdscan-indexer.rs b/backend-rust/src/bin/ccdscan-indexer.rs
index 7b946f7f..6d5c2cc1 100644
--- a/backend-rust/src/bin/ccdscan-indexer.rs
+++ b/backend-rust/src/bin/ccdscan-indexer.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use prometheus_client::{
 };
 use serde_json::json;
 use sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions;
-use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::{net::SocketAddr, path::PathBuf};
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use tracing::{error, info};
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct Cli {
     /// Address to listen for monitoring related requests
     #[arg(long, env = "CCDSCAN_INDEXER_MONITORING_ADDRESS", default_value = "127.0.0.1:8001")]
     monitoring_listen: SocketAddr,
-    #[command(flatten, next_help_heading = "Performance tuning")]
+    #[command(flatten)]
     indexer_config:    IndexerServiceConfig,
     /// The maximum log level. Possible values are: `trace`, `debug`, `info`,
     /// `warn`, and `error`.
@@ -56,11 +56,31 @@ struct Cli {
     /// migrations with elevated privileges.
     #[arg(long, env = "CCDSCAN_INDEXER_MIGRATE_ONLY")]
     migrate_only:      bool,
+    /// Provide file to load environment variables from, instead of the default
+    /// `.env`.
+    // This is only part of this struct in order to generate help information.
+    // This argument is actually handled before hand using `DotenvCli`.
+    #[arg(long)]
+    dotenv:            Option<PathBuf>,
+}
+
+/// CLI argument parser first used for parsing only the --dotenv option.
+/// Allowing loading the provided file before parsing the remaining arguments
+/// and producing errors
+#[derive(Parser)]
+#[command(ignore_errors = true, disable_help_flag = true, disable_version_flag = true)]
+struct DotenvCli {
+    #[arg(long)]
+    dotenv: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let _ = dotenvy::dotenv();
+    if let Some(dotenv) = DotenvCli::parse().dotenv {
+        dotenvy::from_filename(dotenv)?;
+    } else {
+        let _ = dotenvy::dotenv();
+    }
     let cli = Cli::parse();
     tracing_subscriber::fmt().with_max_level(cli.log_level).init();
     let pool = PgPoolOptions::new()