diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 2833503..0000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-MONGODB_URI=mongodb+srv://Sumit:okenopei123@cluster0.ebs6g.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority&appName=Cluster0
-GEMINI_API_KEY=AIzaSyCXeGy9w_FR7fBu35iv44j_3zS2eKt5Ecs
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f7275bb..d1e9f8f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 venv/
+# env files
+.env
+.env.*
+!.env.example