TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'toHexString')

[SamuelOsewa]

Hi again
So I'm having an issue with saving my private key in an env file
PRIVATE_KEY =376e7d090f08ece4772fc8bbcc4613c952b24445156bc4ba0e1637dc55b2cc37
The private key variable in the .env file

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'toHexString')
    at isHexable (/home/samuelosewa/solidity_projects/ethers-simple-storage/node_modules/@ethersproject/bytes/lib/index.js:9:21)
    at hexlify (/home/samuelosewa/solidity_projects/ethers-simple-storage/node_modules/@ethersproject/bytes/lib/index.js:175:9)
    at new SigningKey (/home/samuelosewa/solidity_projects/ethers-simple-storage/node_modules/@ethersproject/signing-key/lib/index.js:20:82)
    at new Wallet (/home/samuelosewa/solidity_projects/ethers-simple-storage/node_modules/@ethersproject/wallet/lib/index.js:120:36)
    at main (/home/samuelosewa/solidity_projects/ethers-simple-storage/deploy.js:13:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/samuelosewa/solidity_projects/ethers-simple-storage/deploy.js:62:1)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1103:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1157:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)

The error
What I've tried while still getting the same error
I've added 0x to the beginning of the private key
I've tried casting to string as dumb as that sounds
I checked if the dotenv installed properly using console.log(process.env
I stored the RPC URL in the .env file and I didn't have any issue using it in the deploy.js file
When I googled it, most of the results were about metamask and their party applications.

[daalmana]

Hi there,

did you add ( ) after the: require("dotenv").config() at the top of your file?

[SamuelOsewa]

I can't believe I missed that
Thanks man