diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce81892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DATABASE_URL=
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.env
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]