diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1013126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+DB_HOST=
+DB_PORT=
+DB_DATABASE=
+DB_USERNAME=
+DB_PASSWORD=
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c49bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.env
diff --git a/app/src/Config.php b/app/src/Config.php
index 3d553ff..fce9d22 100644
--- a/app/src/Config.php
+++ b/app/src/Config.php
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ private function __construct(
     ) {}
 
     public static function create(): self {
+        $env = parse_ini_file('../../.env');
         return new self(
-            '127.0.0.1',
-            3306,
-            'todo_demo',
-            'root',
-            ''
+            $env['DB_HOST'] ?? 'localhost',
+            isset($env['DB_PORT']) ? (int)$env['DB_PORT'] : 3306,
+            $env['DB_NAME'] ?? 'app_db',
+            $env['DB_USER'] ?? 'app_user',
+            $env['DB_PASS'] ?? 'secret_password'
         );
     }