diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..171cf02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+FLASK_APP='start' 
+FLASK_ENV='development'
+DATABASE_URL="postgres://localhost:5432/caringapp_dev"
+SECRET_KEY= b'\xa0#1\xad\x0b\x9b\x04\x1c\xf5\xba\xcc\x1bjH><\xad\xa2\x984P\x0bG\xfd\xb2\xdd\xe5\xab6\x13\x95\xa3'
+
+
+S3_BUCKET_NAME = "my.cool-bucket"
+S3_ACCESS_KEY = "AKIAUB6VJRLUAJBSOASM"
+S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = "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"
+
+
+OAUTH_ID = "847179084203-ug2q60gna6f12lq4nhk08psdupk9uh9n.apps.googleusercontent.com"
+OAUTH_KEY = "u9nV3NYk2YIgC3Thp3CDXXdg"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 532f19b..82fe37c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 .vscode
 *.DS_Store
 *__pycache__
-*.env
 caringapp_web/static/.webassets-cache
 caringapp_web/static/gen
diff --git a/caringapp_api/__init__.py b/caringapp_api/__init__.py
index 089fa15..ec4e1e9 100644
--- a/caringapp_api/__init__.py
+++ b/caringapp_api/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from caringapp_api.blueprints.users.views import users_api_blueprint
 from caringapp_api.blueprints.sessions.views import sessions_api_blueprint
 
+
 csrf.exempt(users_api_blueprint)
 csrf.exempt(sessions_api_blueprint)
 app.register_blueprint(users_api_blueprint, url_prefix='/api/v1/users')