diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13c6f5e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=ghostfolio-development
+
+# CACHE
+CACHE_TTL=1
+MAX_ITEM_IN_CACHE=9999
+REDIS_HOST=redis
+REDIS_PORT=6379
+
+# POSTGRES
+POSTGRES_USER=user
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
+POSTGRES_DB=ghostfolio-db
+
+ACCESS_TOKEN_SALT=GHOSTFOLIO
+ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY=
+DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/ghostfolio-db?sslmode=prefer
+GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=test
+GOOGLE_SECRET=test
+IS_DEVELOPMENT_MODE=true
+JWT_SECRET_KEY=123456
+PORT=3333
+RAKUTEN_RAPID_API_KEY=
+ROOT_URL=http://localhost:4200
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8517fcd1f..b19ecb9c9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,5 +44,4 @@ Thumbs.db
 # Local
 /backups
 .env
-.env.*
 ec2-nano-ssh.pem