diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a274687..8a66a86 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,6 +97,74 @@ console.log("Output: " + output)
 asherah.shutdown()
 ```
 
+### Environment Variables and AWS
+
+If you're experiencing issues with AWS credentials, you can forcibly set the environment variables prior to calling setup in such a way as to ensure they're set for the Go runtime:
+
+```javascript
+
+const asherah = require('asherah');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const config = {
+    KMS: 'aws',
+    Metastore: 'memory',
+    ServiceName: 'TestService',
+    ProductID: 'TestProduct',
+    Verbose: true,
+    EnableSessionCaching: true,
+    ExpireAfter: null,
+    CheckInterval: null,
+    ConnectionString: null,
+    ReplicaReadConsistency: null,
+    DynamoDBEndpoint: null,
+    DynamoDBRegion: null,
+    DynamoDBTableName: null,
+    SessionCacheMaxSize: null,
+    SessionCacheDuration: null,
+    RegionMap: {"us-west-2": "arn:aws:kms:us-west-2:XXXXXXXXX:key/XXXXXXXXXX"},
+    PreferredRegion: null,
+    EnableRegionSuffix: null
+  };
+
+// Read the AWS environment variables from the JSON file
+// DO NOT HARDCODE YOUR AWS CREDENTIALS
+const awsEnvPath = './awsEnv.json';
+const awsEnvData = fs.readFileSync(awsEnvPath, 'utf8');
+const awsEnv = JSON.stringify(awsEnvData);
+
+// Set the environment variables using the setenv function
+asherah.setenv(awsEnv);
+
+asherah.setup(config)
+
+const input = 'mysecretdata'
+
+console.log("Input: " + input)
+
+const data = Buffer.from(input, 'utf8');
+
+const encrypted = asherah.encrypt('partition', data);
+
+const decrypted = asherah.decrypt('partition', encrypted);
+
+const output = decrypted.toString('utf8');
+
+console.log("Output: " + output)
+
+asherah.shutdown()
+```
+
+The `awsEnv.json` file would look like this (spelling errors intentional):
+
+```json
+{
+  "AXS_ACCESS_KEY_XD": "sample_access_key_xd",
+  "AXS_SXCRET_ACCXSS_KEY": "sample_sxcret_accxss_kxy",
+  "AXS_SXSSION_TXKEN": "sample_sxssion_txken"
+}
+```
+
 ### Go and Alpine / musl libc
 
 The Golang compiler when creating shared libraries (.so) uses a Thread Local Storage model of init-exec.  This model is inheriently incompatible with loading libraries at runtime with dlopen(), unless your libc reserves some space for dlopen()'ed libraries which is something of a hack.  The most common libc, glibc does in fact reserve space for dlopen()'ed libraries that use init-exec model.  The libc provided with Alpine is musl libc, and it does not participate in this hack / workaround of reserving space.  Most compilers generate libraries with a Thread Local Storage model of global-dynamic which does not require this workaround, and the authors of musl libc do not feel that workaround should exist.
diff --git a/src/asherah.cc b/src/asherah.cc
index 1c35d66..04ad56f 100644
--- a/src/asherah.cc
+++ b/src/asherah.cc
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class Asherah : public Napi::Addon<Asherah> {
                            &Asherah::SetSafetyPaddingOverhead),
             InstanceMethod("get_setup_status", &Asherah::GetSetupStatus),
             InstanceMethod("set_log_hook", &Asherah::SetLogHook),
+            InstanceMethod("setenv", &Asherah::SetEnv),
         });
   }
 
@@ -409,6 +410,22 @@ class Asherah : public Napi::Addon<Asherah> {
     }
   }
 
+  void SetEnv(const Napi::CallbackInfo &info) {
+    Napi::Env env = info.Env();
+    Napi::HandleScope scope(env);
+    try {
+      NapiUtils::RequireParameterCount(info, 1);
+      CobhanBufferNapi env_json(env, info[0]);
+      ::SetEnv(env_json);
+    } catch (Napi::Error &e) {
+      e.ThrowAsJavaScriptException();
+      return;
+    } catch (const std::exception &e) {
+      Napi::Error::New(env, e.what()).ThrowAsJavaScriptException();
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
   void SetMaxStackAllocItemSize(const Napi::CallbackInfo &info) {
     Napi::Env env = info.Env();
     Napi::HandleScope scope(env);
diff --git a/src/asherah.d.ts b/src/asherah.d.ts
index 2437ead..52b28f7 100644
--- a/src/asherah.d.ts
+++ b/src/asherah.d.ts
@@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ export declare function set_max_stack_alloc_item_size(max_item_size: number): vo
 export declare function set_safety_padding_overhead(safety_padding_overhead: number): void;
 export declare function set_log_hook(logHook: LogHookCallback): void;
 export declare function get_setup_status(): boolean;
+export declare function setenv(environment: string): void;
diff --git a/test/asherah.ts b/test/asherah.ts
index 7023b40..ffdb180 100644
--- a/test/asherah.ts
+++ b/test/asherah.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import {
     shutdown_async,
     get_setup_status,
     set_max_stack_alloc_item_size,
-    set_log_hook
+    set_log_hook,
+    setenv
 } from '../dist/asherah'
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export function asherah_setup(config: AsherahConfig) {
 
 export function asherah_setup_static_memory(verbose = false, session_cache = true, max_stack_alloc_item_size = -1): void {
     configure_winston_logging();
+    asherah_set_env();
     setup(get_static_memory_config(verbose, session_cache));
     if (max_stack_alloc_item_size >= 0) {
         set_max_stack_alloc_item_size(max_stack_alloc_item_size);
@@ -86,12 +88,18 @@ export function asherah_setup_static_memory(verbose = false, session_cache = tru
 
 export async function asherah_setup_static_memory_async(verbose = false, session_cache = true, max_stack_alloc_item_size = -1): Promise<void> {
     configure_winston_logging();
+    asherah_set_env();
     await setup_async(get_static_memory_config(verbose, session_cache));
     if (max_stack_alloc_item_size >= 0) {
         set_max_stack_alloc_item_size(max_stack_alloc_item_size);
     }
 }
 
+export function asherah_set_env() {
+    const myString = '{"VAR": "VAL"}';
+    setenv(myString);
+}
+
 export function asherah_shutdown(): void {
     shutdown();
 }