diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c75eda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=<secret>
+REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET=<secret>
+AUTH_CODE_SECRET=<secret>
+DB_CONNECT=mongodb+srv://<DB_USERNAME>:<DB_PASSWORD>@<CLUSTER>/<DB_NAME>?retryWrites=true&w=majority
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 13323df..ca8a456 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ sas/
 tmp/
 build/
 certificates/
+.env