diff --git a/app-public.env b/app.env.example
similarity index 70%
rename from app-public.env
rename to app.env.example
index da0c701..3816dc7 100644
--- a/app-public.env
+++ b/app.env.example
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ GITEA__database__DB_TYPE=postgres
 GITEA__database__HOST=db:5432
 GITEA__database__NAME=gitea
 GITEA__database__USER=gitea
-GITEA__database__PASSWD=mypassword #replace
+GITEA__database__PASSWD=mypassword
 
diff --git a/db-public.env b/db-public.env
deleted file mode 100644
index dbd91f2..0000000
--- a/db-public.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-POSTGRES_USER=gitea
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mypassword #replace
-POSTGRES_DB=gitea
diff --git a/db.env.example b/db.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1ef109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+POSTGRES_USER=gitea
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mypassword
+POSTGRES_DB=gitea