diff --git a/.env.docker.sample b/.env.docker.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be6a3d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.docker.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ROOT_DIRECTORY=/home/songparser/mydata
+ICARUS_BASE_API_URL=http://localhost:3000
diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be6a3d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ROOT_DIRECTORY=/home/songparser/mydata
+ICARUS_BASE_API_URL=http://localhost:3000
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..fedaa2b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /target
+.env