diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12e9e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Django settings
+SECRET_KEY="F0!!0w the @h\$te Raββ\$t"
+DEBUG=True
+DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost 127.0.0.1 [::1]
+
+# PostgreSQL settings
+POSTGRES_DB=players_db 
+POSTGRES_USER=42student
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=qwerty#42
+
+DB_HOST=db
+DB_PORT=5432
+
+PROJECT_PATH=${PWD}/helloworld
+POSTGRES_DATA_PATH=${PWD}/data/db
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 798e509..495985a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 # virtualenv
 venv/
 
-__pycache__
+__pycache__/
 
 data/