diff --git a/client/src/components/apps/form.vue b/client/src/components/apps/form.vue
index fba28b1d..ebb67032 100644
--- a/client/src/components/apps/form.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/apps/form.vue
@@ -679,7 +679,11 @@
                       mdi-plus
                   </v-icon>
               </v-btn>
-            </v-col>
+           </v-col>
+          </v-row>
+
+          <v-row>
+            <v-file-input prepend-icon="mdi-file" label="Drop or select .env file" show-size v-model="envFile" @change="handleFileInput"></v-file-input>
           </v-row>
         </v-expansion-panel-text>
       </v-expansion-panel>
@@ -1170,6 +1174,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
       advanced: false,
       panel: [0],
       valid: false,
+      envFile: [],
       buildpacks: [] as { text: string, value: Buildpack }[],
       buildpack: {
         run: {
@@ -1973,6 +1978,34 @@ export default defineComponent({
           }
         }
       },
+      handleFileInput() {
+        for (let i = 0; i < this.envFile.length; i++) {
+          const file = this.envFile[i];
+          const reader = new FileReader();
+          reader.onload = () => {
+            const text = reader.result;
+            this.parseEnvFile(text);
+          };
+          reader.readAsText(file);
+        }
+
+        // clear file input
+        this.envFile = [];
+      },
+
+
+      parseEnvFile(text: any) {
+        const lines = text.split('\n');
+        for (const line of lines) {
+          const [name, value] = line.split('=');
+          // check if name isn't commented out
+          if (name && !name.startsWith('#') && value) {
+            if (!this.envvars.some(envvar => envvar.name === name.trim())) {
+              this.envvars.push({ name: name.trim(), value: value.trim() });
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
       addVolumeLine() {
         this.extraVolumes.push({
           name: 'example-volume',
diff --git a/client/src/components/pipelines/form.vue b/client/src/components/pipelines/form.vue
index 371d3afa..8eea872d 100644
--- a/client/src/components/pipelines/form.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/pipelines/form.vue
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
         (v: any) => !!v || 'Name is required',
         (v: any) => v.length <= 60 || 'Name must be less than 60 characters',
         (v: any) => /^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*$/.test(v) || 'Allowed characters : [a-z0-9-]',
+        (v: any) => v !== 'new' || 'Name cannot be "new"',
       ],
       domainRules: [
         (v: any) => v.length <= 253 || 'Name must be less than 253 characters',