diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 67d620e6..1080888f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #################################################
 
 .DS_Store
+.env
 config/opendkim/
 
 #################################################
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 039765ab..ab04d237 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ Download the `docker-compose.yml`, `.env`, `env-mailserver` and the `setup.sh` f
 ``` BASH
 wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tomav/docker-mailserver/master/setup.sh
 wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tomav/docker-mailserver/master/docker-compose.yml
-wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tomav/docker-mailserver/master/.env
 wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tomav/docker-mailserver/master/env-mailserver
+curl -o .env https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tomav/docker-mailserver/master/template.env
 
 chmod a+x ./setup.sh
 ```
diff --git a/.env b/template.env
similarity index 100%
rename from .env
rename to template.env