diff --git a/lib/jeannie/env.sh b/lib/jeannie/env.sh
index 45e4533..b855bc9 100644
--- a/lib/jeannie/env.sh
+++ b/lib/jeannie/env.sh
@@ -189,6 +189,84 @@ sops_available() {
     command -v sops >/dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
+sops_load_secrets() {
+    local file="$1"
+    local key_file
+    local decrypted_text
+    local rendered_env
+
+    if [[ ! -s "${file}" ]]; then
+        echo "Missing encrypted secrets file: ${file}" >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
+    if ! sops_available; then
+        echo "sops is required to decrypt ${file}." >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    key_file="$(sops_age_key_file)"
+    if [[ -s "${key_file}" ]]; then
+        decrypted_text="$(SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE="${key_file}" sops -d "${file}")" || return 1
+    else
+        decrypted_text="$(sops -d "${file}")" || return 1
+    fi
+
+    rendered_env="$(SECRET_TEXT="${decrypted_text}" python3 - <<'PY'
+import os
+import re
+import shlex
+
+try:
+    import yaml
+except Exception:
+    yaml = None
+
+text = os.environ.get("SECRET_TEXT", "")
+if yaml is not None:
+    document = yaml.safe_load(text) or {}
+    if not isinstance(document, dict):
+        document = {}
+else:
+    document = {}
+    pattern = re.compile(r"^([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*):\s*(.*)$")
+    for line in text.splitlines():
+        match = pattern.match(line)
+        if not match:
+            continue
+        key, value = match.groups()
+        if key == "sops":
+            continue
+        document[key] = value.strip().strip('"').strip("'")
+
+for key, value in document.items():
+    if key == "sops" or not re.match(r"^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$", str(key)):
+        continue
+    if value is None:
+        value = ""
+    if isinstance(value, (dict, list)):
+        continue
+    print(f"export {key}={shlex.quote(str(value))}")
+PY
+)"
+
+    if [[ -z "${rendered_env}" ]]; then
+        echo "No exportable secrets found in ${file}." >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    while IFS= read -r assignment; do
+        local name
+
+        [[ -n "${assignment}" ]] || continue
+        name="${assignment#export }"
+        name="${name%%=*}"
+        if [[ -n "${!name:-}" ]]; then
+            continue
+        fi
+        eval "${assignment}"
+    done <<<"${rendered_env}"
+}
+
 secrets_init() {
     local key_file
     local key_dir
@@ -310,4 +388,3 @@ secrets_check() {
         echo "SOPS config checks passed for ${found_files} encrypted secret file(s)."
     fi
 }
-