diff --git a/src/components/Bars.tsx b/src/components/Bars.tsx
index 8eff784..11b57bc 100644
--- a/src/components/Bars.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Bars.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { RecentCommits } from "./RecentCommits";
 import { ActivityHeatmap } from "./ActivityHeatmap";
 import { DarkModeToggle } from "./DarkModeToggle";
 import { SkeletonBox, SkeletonText } from "./SkeletonLoader";
+import { env } from "~/env/client";
 
 interface GitCommit {
   sha: string;
@@ -384,7 +385,10 @@ export function LeftBar() {
       <div class="flex h-full min-h-full flex-col overflow-y-auto">
         <Typewriter speed={10} keepAlive={10000} class="z-50 pr-8 pl-4">
           <h3 class="hover:text-subtext0 w-fit pt-6 text-center text-3xl underline transition-transform duration-200 ease-in-out hover:-translate-y-0.5 hover:scale-105">
-            <a href="/">Freno.dev</a>
+            <a href="/">
+              {env.VITE_DOMAIN.split("://")[1].charAt(0).toUpperCase() +
+                env.VITE_DOMAIN.split("://")[1].slice(1)}
+            </a>
           </h3>
         </Typewriter>
 
diff --git a/src/env/client.ts b/src/env/client.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9972b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/env/client.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+const clientEnvSchema = z.object({
+  // Client-side environment variables (VITE_ prefixed)
+  VITE_DOMAIN: z.string().min(1),
+  VITE_AWS_BUCKET_STRING: z.string().min(1),
+  VITE_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID: z.string().min(1),
+  VITE_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID_MAGIC_DELVE: z.string().min(1),
+  VITE_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID: z.string().min(1),
+  VITE_WEBSOCKET: z.string().min(1)
+});
+
+// Type inference
+export type ClientEnv = z.infer<typeof clientEnvSchema>;
+
+// Validation function for client-side with detailed error messages
+export const validateClientEnv = (
+  envVars: Record<string, string | undefined>
+): ClientEnv => {
+  try {
+    return clientEnvSchema.parse(envVars);
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error instanceof z.ZodError) {
+      const formattedErrors = error.format();
+      const missingVars = Object.entries(formattedErrors)
+        .filter(
+          ([key, value]) =>
+            key !== "_errors" &&
+            typeof value === "object" &&
+            value._errors?.length > 0 &&
+            value._errors[0] === "Required"
+        )
+        .map(([key, _]) => key);
+
+      const invalidVars = Object.entries(formattedErrors)
+        .filter(
+          ([key, value]) =>
+            key !== "_errors" &&
+            typeof value === "object" &&
+            value._errors?.length > 0 &&
+            value._errors[0] !== "Required"
+        )
+        .map(([key, value]) => ({
+          key,
+          error: value._errors[0]
+        }));
+
+      let errorMessage = "Client environment validation failed:\n";
+
+      if (missingVars.length > 0) {
+        errorMessage += `Missing required variables: ${missingVars.join(", ")}\n`;
+      }
+
+      if (invalidVars.length > 0) {
+        errorMessage += "Invalid values:\n";
+        invalidVars.forEach(({ key, error }) => {
+          errorMessage += `  ${key}: ${error}\n`;
+        });
+      }
+
+      console.error(errorMessage);
+      throw new Error(errorMessage);
+    }
+    console.error(
+      "Client environment validation failed with unknown error:",
+      error
+    );
+    throw new Error("Client environment validation failed with unknown error");
+  }
+};
+
+// Validate and export environment variables directly
+// This happens once at module load time on the client
+const validateAndExportEnv = (): ClientEnv => {
+  try {
+    const validated = validateClientEnv(import.meta.env);
+    console.log("✅ Client environment validation successful");
+    return validated;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("❌ Client environment validation failed:", error);
+    throw error;
+  }
+};
+
+export const env = validateAndExportEnv();
+
+// Helper function to check if a variable is missing
+export const isMissingEnvVar = (varName: string): boolean => {
+  return !import.meta.env[varName] || import.meta.env[varName]?.trim() === "";
+};
+
+// Helper function to get all missing client environment variables
+export const getMissingEnvVars = (): string[] => {
+  const requiredClientVars = [
+    "VITE_DOMAIN",
+    "VITE_AWS_BUCKET_STRING",
+    "VITE_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID",
+    "VITE_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID_MAGIC_DELVE",
+    "VITE_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID",
+    "VITE_WEBSOCKET"
+  ];
+
+  return requiredClientVars.filter((varName) => isMissingEnvVar(varName));
+};