diff --git a/compose.prod.yaml b/compose.prod.yaml
index 258426a..6dce11c 100644
--- a/compose.prod.yaml
+++ b/compose.prod.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     ports:
       - "6969:6969"
-    environment:
-      DATABASE_URL: postgres://${DB_USERNAME}:${DB_PASSWORD}@db-prod:${DB_PORT}/${DB_NAME}?schema=public&sslmode=disable
     env_file:
       - ".env"
     depends_on:
diff --git a/example.env b/example.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f99b795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example.env
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+DB_USERNAME=user
+# openssl rand -base64 32 | wl-copy
+DB_PASSWORD=password
+DB_NAME=rhythm-dev
+DB_PORT=5432
+DB_HOST=localhost
+
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://${DB_USERNAME}:${DB_PASSWORD}@${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT}/${DB_NAME}?schema=public&sslmode=disable
+# app env can be one of the following [prod, dev]
+APP_ENV=dev
+# APP_ENV=prod
+
+SOCKET_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0:6969
+