diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..171bf8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ENV_VARIABLE=_ENV_VARIABLE
+NEXT_PUBLIC_ENV_VARIABLE=_NEXT_ENV_VARIABLE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5aa91d5..9317fd1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,6 +35,5 @@ yarn-error.log*
 *.tsbuildinfo
 next-env.d.ts
 
-.env
 .yarn/*
 .history*
\ No newline at end of file