diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
deleted file mode 100644
index f46978d..0000000
--- a/.env.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-THRESHOLD_LISTENER_PORT=13867
-THRESHOLD_RELAY_PORT=13868
-THRESHOLD_API_PORT=13869
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a4c599..3c36401 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ conf/dist.sh
 conf/blacklist.json
 env/
 .idea/
+.env
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 9cb401e..7bce405 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ services:
       - "${THRESHOLD_RELAY_PORT}:${THRESHOLD_RELAY_PORT}"
       - "${THRESHOLD_API_PORT}:${THRESHOLD_API_PORT}"
     env_file:
-      - .env
+      - stack.env
     # for development
     extra_hosts:
       - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"