Discord.js can't launch bot with process.env on the server with forever, but it works on my local drive via Visual Studio without problems

I have problem launching bot on the server with forever... I'm using process.env where I store BOT Token and Instagram login credentials. However on the server i cannot made bot work due this error..

(node:30365) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module exports inside circular dependency
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
ig-bot/node_modules/discord.js/src/client/Client.js:228
    if (!token || typeof token !== 'string') throw new Error('TOKEN_INVALID');
                                                   ^

Error [TOKEN_INVALID]: An invalid token was provided.
    at Client.login (ig-bot/node_modules/discord.js/src/client/Client.js:228:52)
    at Object.<anonymous> (ig-bot/ig.js:64:8)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1092:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1121:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:972:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:813:14)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:76:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47 {
  [Symbol(code)]: 'TOKEN_INVALID'
}
error: Forever detected script exited with code: 1
error: Script restart attempt #1
ig-bot/node_modules/discord.js/src/client/Client.js:228
    if (!token || typeof token !== 'string') throw new Error('TOKEN_INVALID');
                                                   ^

Error [TOKEN_INVALID]: An invalid token was provided.
    at Client.login (ig-bot/node_modules/discord.js/src/client/Client.js:228:52)
    at Object.<anonymous> (ig-bot/ig.js:64:8)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1092:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1121:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:972:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:813:14)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:76:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47 {
  [Symbol(code)]: 'TOKEN_INVALID'
}
error: Forever detected script exited with code: 1

It says token is invalid, but it really does not make any sense because it works on my PC and i can run the code via visual studio without problem. Same folder of the bot has trouble running on my server (usually i use config.json for token, but this time i need .env file)

//Process ENV code

const dotenv = require('dotenv');
dotenv.config({ path: './process.env' });
const username = process.env.IGUSERNAME
const password = process.env.IGPASSWORD
const TOKEN = process.env.TOKEN

client.login(TOKEN);

I tried ENV=production forever start yourApp.js forever -c "node -r dotenv/config" --workingDir app-workdir-path start app.js but none of these worked for me...

After several hours I was able to find a solution.

const path = require('path')
require('dotenv').config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, '.env') })

This code will force to run your .env file from your script directory. console.log(__dirname) will return your path to the .js file. It solved the whole problem.

//Full code example

const path = require('path')
require('dotenv').config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, '.env') })
const TOKEN = process.env.TOKEN
 
const { Client, Intents } = require('discord.js');

const client = new Client({ intents: [Intents.FLAGS.GUILDS] });

client.on('ready', () => {
    client.user.setActivity("WE DID IT!", { type: 'PLAYING' });
    client.guilds.cache.forEach(guild => {
    let channel = guild.channels.cache.get('channelID')
    channel.send(`I'm finally ready!`);
    console.log('Wohoo! Bot is online!')
    })
})

// Login to Discord with your client's token
client.login(TOKEN);