diff --git a/server/.gitignore b/server/.gitignore
index 1842af95c8519e0cf8c9086b3a2f5e20c98ebb14..7ac0fa2be364bab926e1a195a3776ef1f113d405 100644
--- a/server/.gitignore
+++ b/server/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .DS_Store
 Thumbs.db
 
-.env
+#.env
 .env.local
 .env.*.local
 /.vscode/
diff --git a/server/web_app/.env b/server/web_app/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e1064f7bc72014ceba0db978ba57340c40597c27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/web_app/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# In all environments, the following files are loaded if they exist,
+# the latter taking precedence over the former:
+#
+#  * .env                contains default values for the environment variables needed by the app
+#  * .env.local          uncommitted file with local overrides
+#  * .env.$APP_ENV       committed environment-specific defaults
+#  * .env.$APP_ENV.local uncommitted environment-specific overrides
+#
+# Real environment variables win over .env files.
+#
+# DO NOT DEFINE PRODUCTION SECRETS IN THIS FILE NOR IN ANY OTHER COMMITTED FILES.
+# https://symfony.com/doc/current/configuration/secrets.html
+#
+# Run "composer dump-env prod" to compile .env files for production use (requires symfony/flex >=1.2).
+# https://symfony.com/doc/current/best_practices.html#use-environment-variables-for-infrastructure-configuration
+
+###> symfony/framework-bundle ###
+APP_ENV=dev
+APP_SECRET=
+###< symfony/framework-bundle ###
+
+###> doctrine/doctrine-bundle ###
+DATABASE_URL="mysql://admin:admin_password@db:3306/wishlist_db?serverVersion=9.2.0"
+###< doctrine/doctrine-bundle ###