diff --git a/.env.local b/.env.local
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9744173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.local
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+DATABASE_URL="postgresql://plebdevs:password@db:5432/plebdevs?schema=public"
+
+POSTGRES_USER="plebdevs"
+
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD="password"
+
+BACKEND_URL="http://localhost:3000"
+
+BACKEND_STAGING_URL="http://localhost:3000"
+
+FRONTEND_HOSTNAME="localhost"
+
+FRONTEND_STAGING_HOSTNAME="localhost"
+
+POSTGRES_DB="plebdevs"
+
+JWT_SECRET="..."
+
+NEXTAUTH_SECRET="..."
+
+CRON_SECRET="..."
+
+GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET="..."
+
+GITHUB_CLIENT_ID="..."
+
+PLEBDEVS_API_KEY="..."
+
+NEXT_PUBLIC_PROXY_URL="http://localhost:3000/api/image-proxy"
+
+NEXT_PUBLIC_DISCOUNT_CODE="..."
+
+NEXT_PUBLIC_COURSE_PASS="..."
+
+REDIS_URL="redis://localhost:6379"
+
+KV_REST_API_URL="..."
+
+KV_REST_API_TOKEN="..."
+
+KV_REST_API_READ_ONLY_TOKEN="..."
+
+NODE_ENV="development"
+
+NEXT_PUBLIC_CDN_ENDPOINT="..."
+
+# nostr public key hex encoded
+APP_PUBLIC_KEY="..."
+# nostr private key hex encoded
+APP_PRIV_KEY="..."
+
+# nostr private key hex encoded
+BADGE_SIGNING_KEY="..."
+
+NEXT_PUBLIC_GITHUB_API="..."
+
+DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN="..."
+
+DO_SPACES_KEY="..."
+DO_SPACES_SECRET="..."
+
+EMAIL_SERVER_HOST="smtp.gmail.com"
+EMAIL_SERVER_PORT=465
+EMAIL_SERVER_USER="username@domain.com" 
+EMAIL_SERVER_PASSWORD="..."
+EMAIL_FROM="username@domain.com"
+
+NEXT_PUBLIC_LIGHTNING_ADDRESS="username@domain.com"
+
+LIGHTNING_ADDRESS="username@domain.com"
+
+# nostr public key hex encoded
+ZAP_PUBKEY="..."
+
+# nostr private key hex encoded
+ZAP_PRIVKEY="..."
+
+LND_HOST="..."
+
+LND_MACAROON="..."
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0dd32d9..532a3de 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
 
-# local env files
-.env*.local
-
 # vercel
 .vercel