diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 62ce82a..e2f2972 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/bakito/adguardhome-sync
 go 1.22.4
 
 require (
-	github.com/caarlos0/env/v11 v11.1.0
+	github.com/caarlos0/env/v11 v11.2.2
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.10.0
 	github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.14.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 552763a..f83ce63 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.11.6 h1:oUp34TzMlL+OY1OUWxHqsdkgC/Zfc85zGqw9siXjrc
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.11.6/go.mod h1:LysEHSvpvDySVdC2f87zGWf6CIKJcAvqab1ZaiQtds4=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic/loader v0.1.1 h1:c+e5Pt1k/cy5wMveRDyk2X4B9hF4g7an8N3zCYjJFNM=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic/loader v0.1.1/go.mod h1:ncP89zfokxS5LZrJxl5z0UJcsk4M4yY2JpfqGeCtNLU=
-github.com/caarlos0/env/v11 v11.1.0 h1:a5qZqieE9ZfzdvbbdhTalRrHT5vu/4V1/ad1Ka6frhI=
-github.com/caarlos0/env/v11 v11.1.0/go.mod h1:LwgkYk1kDvfGpHthrWWLof3Ny7PezzFwS4QrsJdHTMo=
+github.com/caarlos0/env/v11 v11.2.2 h1:95fApNrUyueipoZN/EhA8mMxiNxrBwDa+oAZrMWl3Kg=
+github.com/caarlos0/env/v11 v11.2.2/go.mod h1:JBfcdeQiBoI3Zh1QRAWfe+tpiNTmDtcCj/hHHHMx0vc=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 h1:DC2CZ1Ep5Y4k3ZQ899DldepgrayRUGE6BBZ/cd9Cj44=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/cloudwego/base64x v0.1.4 h1:jwCgWpFanWmN8xoIUHa2rtzmkd5J2plF/dnLS6Xd/0Y=
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index f3e078e..9330e92 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ func Get(configFile string, flags Flags) (*types.Config, error) {
 	replicaDhcpServer := cfg.Replica.DHCPServerEnabled
 	cfg.Replica.DHCPServerEnabled = nil
 
+	// ignore replicas form env parsing as they are handled separately
+	replicas := cfg.Replicas
+	cfg.Replicas = nil
+
 	// overwrite from env vars
 	if err = env.Parse(cfg); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -46,6 +50,9 @@ func Get(configFile string, flags Flags) (*types.Config, error) {
 	if err = env.ParseWithOptions(cfg.Replica, env.Options{Prefix: "REPLICA_"}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	// restore the replica
+	cfg.Replicas = replicas
+
 	// if not set from env, use previous value
 	if cfg.Replica.DHCPServerEnabled == nil {
 		cfg.Replica.DHCPServerEnabled = replicaDhcpServer