diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 78b66ad..ac12668 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,15 +1 @@
-# Environments
-.env
-.venv
-env/
-venv/
-ENV/
-env.bak/
-venv.bak/
-data/
-.data
-__pycache__
-__pycache__/
-.__pycache__
-surfsense_backend/.env
-.flashrank_cache
\ No newline at end of file
+.flashrank_cache*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/surfsense_browser_extension/.gitignore b/surfsense_browser_extension/.gitignore
index 7f9398d..530fd4a 100644
--- a/surfsense_browser_extension/.gitignore
+++ b/surfsense_browser_extension/.gitignore
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ yarn-error.log*
 .pnpm-debug.log*
 
 # local env files
-.env*.local
+.env
 
 out/
 build/
diff --git a/surfsense_web/.env.example b/surfsense_web/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abd370c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/surfsense_web/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+NEXT_PUBLIC_FASTAPI_BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:8000
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/surfsense_web/.gitignore b/surfsense_web/.gitignore
index 5ef6a52..e72b4d6 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/.gitignore
+++ b/surfsense_web/.gitignore
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ yarn-error.log*
 .pnpm-debug.log*
 
 # env files (can opt-in for committing if needed)
-.env*
+.env
 
 # vercel
 .vercel