diff --git a/aieng-agents/aieng/agents/env_vars.py b/aieng-agents/aieng/agents/env_vars.py
index 6168699..59e948f 100644
--- a/aieng-agents/aieng/agents/env_vars.py
+++ b/aieng-agents/aieng/agents/env_vars.py
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ class Configs(BaseSettings):
     """
 
     model_config = SettingsConfigDict(
-        env_file=".env", env_file_encoding="utf-8", env_ignore_empty=True
+        env_file=".env",
+        env_file_encoding="utf-8",
+        env_ignore_empty=True,
+        extra="ignore",
     )
 
     openai_base_url: str = "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/openai/"
diff --git a/aieng-agents/aieng/agents/langfuse/__init__.py b/aieng-agents/aieng/agents/langfuse/__init__.py
index daea837..abb4161 100644
--- a/aieng-agents/aieng/agents/langfuse/__init__.py
+++ b/aieng-agents/aieng/agents/langfuse/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,24 @@
 """Utilities for Langfuse integration."""
 
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
 from aieng.agents.langfuse.oai_sdk_setup import setup_langfuse_tracer
 from aieng.agents.langfuse.otlp_env_setup import set_up_langfuse_otlp_env_vars
-from aieng.agents.langfuse.shared_client import flush_langfuse, langfuse_client
+from aieng.agents.langfuse.shared_client import flush_langfuse
+
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from langfuse import Langfuse
+
+langfuse_client: "Langfuse"  # noqa: F822 -- lazily initialized via __getattr__
+
+
+def __getattr__(name: str) -> "Langfuse":
+    if name == "langfuse_client":
+        from aieng.agents.langfuse.shared_client import _manager  # noqa: PLC0415
+
+        return _manager.client
+    raise AttributeError(f"module has no attribute '{name}'")
 
 
 __all__ = [
diff --git a/aieng-agents/aieng/agents/langfuse/shared_client.py b/aieng-agents/aieng/agents/langfuse/shared_client.py
index 55e1506..0117687 100644
--- a/aieng-agents/aieng/agents/langfuse/shared_client.py
+++ b/aieng-agents/aieng/agents/langfuse/shared_client.py
@@ -1,23 +1,40 @@
 """Shared instance of langfuse client."""
 
+from functools import cached_property
+
 from aieng.agents.env_vars import Configs
 from langfuse import Langfuse
 from rich.progress import Progress, SpinnerColumn, TextColumn
 
 
-__all__ = ["flush_langfuse", "langfuse_client"]
+class _LangfuseClientManager:
+    @cached_property
+    def config(self) -> Configs:
+        return Configs()
+
+    @cached_property
+    def client(self) -> Langfuse:
+        return Langfuse(
+            public_key=self.config.langfuse_public_key,
+            secret_key=self.config.langfuse_secret_key,
+        )
+
 
+_manager = _LangfuseClientManager()
+langfuse_client: Langfuse  # noqa: F822 -- lazily initialized via __getattr__
 
-config = Configs()
-langfuse_client = Langfuse(
-    public_key=config.langfuse_public_key, secret_key=config.langfuse_secret_key
-)
 
+def __getattr__(name: str) -> Langfuse:
+    """Module-level lazy loading for backward compatibility."""
+    if name == "langfuse_client":
+        return _manager.client
+    raise AttributeError(f"module has no attribute '{name}'")
 
-def flush_langfuse(client: "Langfuse | None" = None) -> None:
+
+def flush_langfuse(client: Langfuse | None = None) -> None:
     """Flush shared LangFuse Client. Rich Progress included."""
     if client is None:
-        client = langfuse_client
+        client = _manager.client
 
     with Progress(
         SpinnerColumn(),
@@ -25,4 +42,7 @@ def flush_langfuse(client: "Langfuse | None" = None) -> None:
         transient=True,
     ) as progress:
         progress.add_task("Finalizing Langfuse annotations...", total=None)
-        langfuse_client.flush()
+        client.flush()
+
+
+__all__ = ["flush_langfuse", "langfuse_client"]
diff --git a/aieng-agents/pyproject.toml b/aieng-agents/pyproject.toml
index 2449033..7261083 100644
--- a/aieng-agents/pyproject.toml
+++ b/aieng-agents/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "aieng-agents"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 description = "Helper modules for Vector Institute AI Engineering Agents Bootcamp implementations"
 authors = [{name = "Vector AI Engineering", email = "ai_engineering@vectorinstitute.ai"}]
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 184bf1e..d5cf853 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ authors = [ {name = "Vector AI Engineering", email = "ai_engineering@vectorinsti
 license = "MIT"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
-    "aieng-agents>=0.1.0",
+    "aieng-agents>=0.1.1",
     "numpy<2.3.0",
     "plotly>=6.2.0",
     "scikit-learn>=1.7.0",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index f8d80a5..040ea33 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ docs = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aieng-agents"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 source = { editable = "aieng-agents" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "backoff" },