diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0e380f9..ce4f5b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,5 +18,4 @@ Cargo.lock
 __pycache__/
 
 # Ignore these. 
-.env
 db_data/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tig-benchmarker/.env b/tig-benchmarker/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31520d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tig-benchmarker/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+POSTGRES_USER=postgres
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword
+POSTGRES_DB=postgres
+UI_PORT=80
+DB_PORT=5432
+MASTER_PORT=5115
+VERBOSE=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tig-benchmarker/README.md b/tig-benchmarker/README.md
index 4285f64..b5be57e 100644
--- a/tig-benchmarker/README.md
+++ b/tig-benchmarker/README.md
@@ -7,17 +7,21 @@ Benchmarker for TIG. Expected setup is a single master and multiple slaves on di
 Simply run:
 
 ```
-POSTGRES_USER=postgres \
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword \
-POSTGRES_DB=postgres \
-UI_PORT=80 \
-DB_PORT=5432 \
-MASTER_PORT=5115 \
-# set VERBOSE=1 for debug master logs
-VERBOSE= \
 docker-compose up --build
 ```
 
+This uses the `.env` file:
+
+```
+POSTGRES_USER=postgres
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword
+POSTGRES_DB=postgres
+UI_PORT=80
+DB_PORT=5432
+MASTER_PORT=5115
+VERBOSE=
+```
+
 See last section on how to find your player_id & api_key.
 
 **Notes:**