diff --git a/src/logging.ts b/src/logging.ts
index bb6de60..2e2eb27 100644
--- a/src/logging.ts
+++ b/src/logging.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import { createConsola } from "consola";
 import { updateConfig } from "./format.js";
-import type { RedactConfig } from "./redact.js";
+import {
+  mergeRedactConfigs,
+  parseEnvRedactConfig,
+  type RedactConfig,
+} from "./redact.js";
 import DatadogReporter from "./reporters/datadog.js";
 import DiscordReporter from "./reporters/discord.js";
 
 const setupLogging = (config: RedactConfig = {}) => {
-  updateConfig(config);
+  updateConfig(mergeRedactConfigs(config, parseEnvRedactConfig()));
   const consola = createConsola({ fancy: true, level: 5 });
 
   // Set Discord reporter as first so it can remove
diff --git a/src/redact.ts b/src/redact.ts
index 4b4bd75..9c5007d 100644
--- a/src/redact.ts
+++ b/src/redact.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { DeepRedact } from "@hackylabs/deep-redact/index.ts";
 import { validateMnemonic } from "@scure/bip39";
 import { wordlist } from "@scure/bip39/wordlists/english.js";
+import { type } from "arktype";
 
 /**
  * Configurable redaction for strings that *look like secrets*:
@@ -239,5 +240,64 @@ const createRedact = (config: RedactConfig) => {
   };
 };
 
-export { createRedact };
+const SerializableContextRuleType = type({
+  re: "string",
+  "flags?": "string",
+  "before?": "number",
+  "after?": "number",
+}).pipe(
+  (rule): ContextRule => ({
+    re: new RegExp(rule.re, rule.flags ?? ""),
+    before: rule.before,
+    after: rule.after,
+  }),
+);
+
+const SerializableDetectorConfigType = type({
+  "allow?": SerializableContextRuleType.array(),
+});
+
+const SerializableRedactConfigType = type({
+  "hex?": SerializableDetectorConfigType,
+  "base64?": SerializableDetectorConfigType,
+  "base64url?": SerializableDetectorConfigType,
+  "base58?": SerializableDetectorConfigType,
+  "mnemonic?": SerializableDetectorConfigType,
+});
+
+const mergeDetectorConfigs = (
+  a?: DetectorConfig,
+  b?: DetectorConfig,
+): DetectorConfig | undefined => {
+  if (!a && !b) return undefined;
+  const allowA = a?.allow ?? [];
+  const allowB = b?.allow ?? [];
+  const merged = [...allowA, ...allowB];
+  return { allow: merged.length > 0 ? merged : undefined };
+};
+
+const mergeRedactConfigs = (
+  a: RedactConfig,
+  b: RedactConfig,
+): RedactConfig => ({
+  hex: mergeDetectorConfigs(a.hex, b.hex),
+  base64: mergeDetectorConfigs(a.base64, b.base64),
+  base64url: mergeDetectorConfigs(a.base64url, b.base64url),
+  base58: mergeDetectorConfigs(a.base58, b.base58),
+  mnemonic: mergeDetectorConfigs(a.mnemonic, b.mnemonic),
+});
+
+const parseEnvRedactConfig = (): RedactConfig => {
+  const raw = process.env.REDACT_CONFIG;
+  if (!raw) return {};
+
+  const json = Buffer.from(raw, "base64").toString("utf8");
+  const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse(json);
+  const validated = SerializableRedactConfigType(parsed);
+  if (validated instanceof type.errors)
+    throw new Error(`REDACT_CONFIG validation failed: ${validated.summary}`);
+  return validated;
+};
+
+export { createRedact, mergeRedactConfigs, parseEnvRedactConfig };
 export type { RedactConfig };
diff --git a/tests/redact.test.ts b/tests/redact.test.ts
index 2b0a158..e1eb4cf 100644
--- a/tests/redact.test.ts
+++ b/tests/redact.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { createRedact } from "../src/redact.js";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import {
+  createRedact,
+  mergeRedactConfigs,
+  parseEnvRedactConfig,
+} from "../src/redact.js";
 
 describe("redact", () => {
   it("redacts base64url", () => {
@@ -54,3 +58,111 @@ describe("redact", () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe("mergeRedactConfigs", () => {
+  it("merges allow rules from both configs", () => {
+    const a = { hex: { allow: [{ re: /\b(event)\b/i }] } };
+    const b = { hex: { allow: [{ re: /\b(transfer)\b/i }] } };
+    const merged = mergeRedactConfigs(a, b);
+    const redact = createRedact(merged);
+
+    const eventResult = redact(
+      "Pushed event fcc6533b59301096a973b8be3e6518f0cd13f73a9821de558cca77ac9b014d6e.1771865100000",
+    );
+    expect(eventResult).toContain(
+      "fcc6533b59301096a973b8be3e6518f0cd13f73a9821de558cca77ac9b014d6e",
+    );
+
+    const transferResult = redact(
+      "transfer 538845bf2f418e0c7f3798d6bcb632273d46633545a5e261feceb7d378ed0761",
+    );
+    expect(transferResult).toContain(
+      "538845bf2f418e0c7f3798d6bcb632273d46633545a5e261feceb7d378ed0761",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("handles empty configs", () => {
+    const merged = mergeRedactConfigs({}, {});
+    expect(merged).toEqual({
+      hex: undefined,
+      base64: undefined,
+      base64url: undefined,
+      base58: undefined,
+      mnemonic: undefined,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("uses only a config when b is empty", () => {
+    const a = { hex: { allow: [{ re: /\b(event)\b/i }] } };
+    const merged = mergeRedactConfigs(a, {});
+    const redact = createRedact(merged);
+    const result = redact(
+      "Pushed event fcc6533b59301096a973b8be3e6518f0cd13f73a9821de558cca77ac9b014d6e.1771865100000",
+    );
+    expect(result).toContain(
+      "fcc6533b59301096a973b8be3e6518f0cd13f73a9821de558cca77ac9b014d6e",
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe("parseEnvRedactConfig", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    delete process.env.REDACT_CONFIG;
+  });
+
+  it("returns empty config when REDACT_CONFIG is not set", () => {
+    delete process.env.REDACT_CONFIG;
+    const config = parseEnvRedactConfig();
+    expect(config).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it("parses base64-encoded JSON config", () => {
+    const serializable = {
+      hex: { allow: [{ re: "\\b(event)\\b", flags: "i" }] },
+    };
+    process.env.REDACT_CONFIG = Buffer.from(
+      JSON.stringify(serializable),
+    ).toString("base64");
+    const config = parseEnvRedactConfig();
+
+    expect(config.hex?.allow).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(config.hex?.allow?.[0].re).toBeInstanceOf(RegExp);
+    expect(config.hex?.allow?.[0].re.source).toBe("\\b(event)\\b");
+    expect(config.hex?.allow?.[0].re.flags).toContain("i");
+  });
+
+  it("throws on invalid base64", () => {
+    process.env.REDACT_CONFIG = "!!!not-valid-base64!!!";
+    expect(() => parseEnvRedactConfig()).toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("throws on invalid JSON", () => {
+    process.env.REDACT_CONFIG = Buffer.from("{not json}").toString("base64");
+    expect(() => parseEnvRedactConfig()).toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("throws when JSON structure fails arktype validation", () => {
+    process.env.REDACT_CONFIG = Buffer.from(
+      JSON.stringify({ hex: { allow: [{ re: 123 }] } }),
+    ).toString("base64");
+    expect(() => parseEnvRedactConfig()).toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("applies env config allow rules when redacting", () => {
+    const serializable = {
+      hex: { allow: [{ re: "\\b(transfer)\\b", flags: "i" }] },
+    };
+    process.env.REDACT_CONFIG = Buffer.from(
+      JSON.stringify(serializable),
+    ).toString("base64");
+    const envConfig = parseEnvRedactConfig();
+
+    const redact = createRedact(envConfig);
+    const result = redact(
+      "transfer 538845bf2f418e0c7f3798d6bcb632273d46633545a5e261feceb7d378ed0761",
+    );
+    expect(result).toBe(
+      "transfer 538845bf2f418e0c7f3798d6bcb632273d46633545a5e261feceb7d378ed0761",
+    );
+  });
+});