diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ff782e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+APP_ENV=local
+APP_DEBUG=true
+APP_KEY=
+APP_TIMEZONE=UTC
+
+LOG_CHANNEL=stack
+LOG_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=
+
+DB_CONNECTION=mysql
+DB_HOST=localhost
+DB_PORT=3306
+DB_DATABASE=homestead
+DB_USERNAME=root
+DB_PASSWORD=secret
+
+CACHE_DRIVER=array
+QUEUE_DRIVER=sync
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d7d5464..8e0c7f7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 /.idea
 Homestead.json
 Homestead.yaml
-.env
 *.sqlite
 composer\.lock
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f049e3..358a42e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ Build the containers
 
 `docker-compose up --build -d`
 
-Use default config file
-
-`docker-compose exec app cp .env.example .env`
-
 Run database migrations
 
 `docker-compose exec app php artisan migrate --seed`
diff --git a/resources/docker/app.dockerfile b/resources/docker/app.dockerfile
index 74b6978..68e9f32 100644
--- a/resources/docker/app.dockerfile
+++ b/resources/docker/app.dockerfile
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+# Base minimal image with FPM
 FROM php:7.2-fpm-alpine
+
+# Install dependencies
 RUN docker-php-ext-install mysqli pdo pdo_mysql