diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4c49bd78f1d08f2bc09fa0bd8191ed38b7dce5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.env
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 215c046c033cba3177db76fe4cb99bd3b8a63de4..94eff9a9c40894e91c4705b2a967e99873a5d052 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ services:
     image: postgres:latest
     ports:
       - "5432:5432"
+    env_file:
+      - .env
     environment:
-      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: bewe
-      POSTGRES_DB: toco
+      POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USER}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
+      POSTGRES_DB: ${DB}
     volumes:
       - "./db:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d"
     restart: always