diff --git a/crates/sesam-vitale/.env.linux.example b/.env.linux.example
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/sesam-vitale/.env.linux.example
rename to .env.linux.example
diff --git a/crates/sesam-vitale/.env.win.example b/.env.win.example
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/sesam-vitale/.env.win.example
rename to .env.win.example
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7e3d3ac..e238176 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ target/
 *.sln
 *.sw?
 
+# Ignore .env files
+.env
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 04bba4d..01232bd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1080,6 +1080,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "crypto-common",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "directories"
+version = "5.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a49173b84e034382284f27f1af4dcbbd231ffa358c0fe316541a7337f376a35"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys 0.4.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs"
 version = "4.0.0"
@@ -3917,6 +3926,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "dotenv",
  "libc",
+ "utils",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5034,6 +5044,15 @@ version = "0.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09cc8ee72d2a9becf2f2febe0205bbed8fc6615b7cb429ad062dc7b7ddd036a9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utils"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "directories",
+ "dotenv",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "0.8.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ebb5ebe..4831495 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ resolver = "2"
 members = [
     "crates/app",
     "crates/sesam-vitale",
-    "crates/desktop"
+    "crates/desktop",
+    "crates/utils",
 ]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 340e73d..f928f81 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@ Logiciel de Pharmacie libre et open-source.
 - `app`: Interface du logiciel, servie par un serveur web propulsé par Axum. Utilisable en mode endpoint ou encapsulé dans le client `desktop`
 - `desktop`: Client desktop propulsé par Tauri, encapsulant le serveur web `app`
 - `sesam-vitale`: Bibliothèque de gestion des services SESAM-Vitale (Lecture des cartes CPS et Vitale, téléservices ...)
+- `utils`: Bibliothèque de fonctions utilitaires
+
+## Installation
+
+### Fichiers de configuration
+
+Certaines librairies nécessitent de définir certaines paramètres de configuration pour fonctionner correctement, en particulier le moteur SESAM-Vitale.
+
+Ces paramètres sont définis dans un fichier de configuration `.env` situé dans un des dossiers suivant (par ordre de priorité) :
+- dans le dossier courant (`./.env`)
+- dans le dossier du manifeste (par exemple `crates/sesam-vitale/.env`)
+- dans le dossier de configuration standard de l'OS (par exemple, sur linux, `~/.config/krys4lide/.env` - [plus d'info](https://github.com/dirs-dev/directories-rs?tab=readme-ov-file#projectdirs))
+
+Des exemples de fichiers de configuration sont disponibles à la racine du projet : `.env.linux.example` et `.env.win.example`.
 
 ## Development
 
diff --git a/crates/sesam-vitale/Cargo.toml b/crates/sesam-vitale/Cargo.toml
index e62b5db..1592889 100644
--- a/crates/sesam-vitale/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sesam-vitale/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-dotenv = "0.15"
 libc = "0.2"
+utils = { path = "../utils" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 dotenv = "0.15"
diff --git a/crates/sesam-vitale/src/ssvlib_demo.rs b/crates/sesam-vitale/src/ssvlib_demo.rs
index b9ee114..f7faeec 100644
--- a/crates/sesam-vitale/src/ssvlib_demo.rs
+++ b/crates/sesam-vitale/src/ssvlib_demo.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 /// High level API for the SSV library,
 /// based on the low level bindings in libssv.rs.
-extern crate dotenv;
 use libc::{c_void, size_t};
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::CString;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::ptr;
 
 use crate::cps::lire_carte;
 use crate::libssv::{SSV_InitLIB2, SSV_LireConfig};
 
+use ::utils::config::load_config;
+
 fn ssv_init_lib_2() {
     let ini_str = env::var("SESAM_INI_PATH").expect("SESAM_INI_PATH must be set");
     let ini = CString::new(ini_str).expect("CString::new failed");
@@ -41,12 +41,11 @@ fn ssv_lire_config() {
 pub fn demo() {
     // TODO : this is probably not working on release, because I'm not sure it exists a CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR and so it can find the `.env`
     // Maybe we could use a system standard config path to store a config file
-    let manifest_dir = env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap();
-    let manifest_path = PathBuf::from(manifest_dir);
-    dotenv::from_path(manifest_path.join(".env")).ok();
 
     println!("------- Demo for the SSV library --------");
 
+    load_config().unwrap();
+
     ssv_init_lib_2();
 
     let code_pin = "1234";
diff --git a/crates/utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbe8c0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "utils"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0"
+directories = "5.0"
+dotenv = "0.15"
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/config.rs b/crates/utils/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4756f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/utils/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use std::{env, path::PathBuf};
+
+use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
+use directories::ProjectDirs;
+use dotenv::from_path;
+
+const CONFIG_FILE_NAME: &str = ".env";
+
+pub fn get_config_dirs() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    let mut config_dirs = vec![
+        PathBuf::from(""), // Current directory
+    ];
+    if let Ok(manifest_dir) = env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR") {
+        config_dirs.push(PathBuf::from(manifest_dir));
+    }
+    if let Some(proj_dirs) = ProjectDirs::from("org", "P4pillon", "Krys4lide") {
+        config_dirs.push(proj_dirs.config_dir().to_path_buf());
+    }
+    config_dirs
+}
+
+pub fn get_config_files() -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
+    let config_dirs = get_config_dirs();
+    let mut config_files = Vec::new();
+    for config_dir in config_dirs.iter() {
+        let config_file = config_dir.join(CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
+        if config_file.exists() {
+            config_files.push(config_file);
+        }
+    }
+    if config_files.is_empty() {
+        bail!(
+            "No config file {CONFIG_FILE_NAME} found in the following directories: {config_dirs:#?}"
+        );
+    }
+    Ok(config_files)
+}
+
+pub fn load_config() -> Result<()> {
+    let config_files = get_config_files()?;
+    // Load the first config file found
+    // TODO: add a verbose log to list all config files found
+    println!(
+        "DEBUG: Config files found (1st loaded): {:#?}",
+        config_files
+    );
+    from_path(config_files[0].as_path()).context("Failed to load config file")
+}
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/lib.rs b/crates/utils/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef68c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod config;