diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 15c9108..e6ebb69 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-/log 
\ No newline at end of file
+/log 
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e376334..7abca1c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 
 #How to run
 
-edit .env file (it is sufficent to change API_URL to http://localhost:8081  if you are testing locally)
+1) copy environment.env file and rename it to .env 
+
+2) edit .env file (it is sufficent to change API_URL to http://localhost:8081  if you are testing locally)
 (on test server, this value is API_URL=http://next.wiaas.saburly.com/api)
 
-execute in the root of the project :
+3) execute in the root of the project :
 
 sudo docker-compose build
 sudo docker-compose up
diff --git a/.env b/environment.env
similarity index 100%
rename from .env
rename to environment.env