diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50a09226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+API_KEY=openai
+LLM_NAME=docsgpt
+MODEL_NAME=deepseek-r1:1.5b
+OPENAI_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434/v1
+VITE_API_STREAMING=true
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f5480882..29d874ae 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ celerybeat.pid
 *.sage.py
 
 # Environments
-.env
+# .env
 .venv
 env/
 venv/