diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4efd020ba678c7f72011fea88a43aea248a0c537..62f83d9de61b706a3b801d7268d17a56bc5192e1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ doc/testing/postman/Responses
 doc/testing/postman/node_modules
 doc/testing/postman/package-lock.json
 .DS_Store
-.idea
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea
+# added ignore for .env
+./env
\ No newline at end of file