diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c97b48..0000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# BirdNET-Analyzer environment
-CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=""
-
-# BirdNET-stream environment
-DATABASE_USER="birdnet"
-DATABASE_PASSWORD="AShoo1N"
-DATABASE_PORT="3306" # Change this if you have already a running MySQL server on the host
-DATABASE_ROOT_PASSWORD="Ojiex5v"
-
-RECORDS_DIR=/media/DATA/birdnet/records/
-CHARTS_FOLDER=/media/DATA/birdnet/charts/
-SERVER_NAME="birdnet.local"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d1c8dd9..005c4a7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 var/
 /.venv/
 
-.env
-.env.local
+/.env
+/.env.local
 !.env.local.example
+!.env.example
 
 species_list.txt