diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 766f95d..0000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# database credentials
-POSTGRES_USER="postgres"
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD="pwd"
-POSTGRES_DB="users_db"
-
-# Node vars
-SESSION_SECRET="super duper secret!"
-API_KEY="ZjGXIfaEG1G4OkSHyB5wvqOQ5BPb9iav"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yml
similarity index 70%
rename from docker-compose.yaml
rename to docker-compose.yml
index 7d2d59e..e5497a4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ services:
   db:
     container_name: postgres-db
     image: postgres:14
-    env_file: .env
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: "postgres"
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "pwd"
+      POSTGRES_DB: "users_db"
     ports:
       - '5432:5432'
     volumes:
@@ -15,9 +18,10 @@ services:
     image: node:lts
     user: 'node'
     working_dir: /home/node/app
-    env_file: .env
     environment:
-      - NODE_ENV=development
+      NODE_ENV: development
+      SESSION_SECRET: "super duper secret!"
+      API_KEY: "ZjGXIfaEG1G4OkSHyB5wvqOQ5BPb9iav"
     depends_on:
       - db
     ports:
@@ -26,5 +30,6 @@ services:
       - .:/home/node/app  # Mount Client directory
       - ./node_modules:/home/node/app/node_modules  # Mount node_modules directory
     command: 'npm run start'
+
 volumes:
-  users-database:
\ No newline at end of file
+  users-database: