diff --git a/.env b/.env
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--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-DEV=True
-DB_URI=
-DB_USER=
-DB_PASSWORD=
diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
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index 0000000..50540f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Make a copy of this file and name it .env, then fill in the values below.
+DEV=True
+DB_URI=
+DB_USER=
+DB_PASSWORD=