diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2eea525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06d295f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+   # .env
+   Write the env-file `.env.local` to the path `/home/deploy/deployments/TodoAPP/.env.local` of your server.
+   Example values:
+   ```
+   DB_HOST="yourhost.com"
+   DB_PORT="1234"
+   DB_NAME="yourDB"
+   DB_USER="dbUser"
+   DB_PASS="super$ecureP!ssword"
+   ```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TodoAPP.yaml b/TodoAPP.yaml
index 0dc0d63..83be587 100644
--- a/TodoAPP.yaml
+++ b/TodoAPP.yaml
@@ -17,46 +17,52 @@ metadata:
   name: TodoAPP
 spec:
   containers:
-  - args:
-    - mysqld
-    env:
-    - name: MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD
-      value: "1"
-    image: docker.io/library/mysql:8.4
-    name: mysql
-    ports:
-    - containerPort: 80
-      hostIP: 127.0.0.1
-      hostPort: 8080
-    volumeMounts:
-    - mountPath: /var/lib/mysql
-      name: caea52734591442fbd270c7b8306b4dae7b2d08af69eb8b38457fc85e1765b25-pvc
-  - args:
-    - valkey-server
-    image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:9-alpine
-    name: valkey
-    volumeMounts:
-    - mountPath: /data
-      name: 24f58da75852808673a4459f99d3c6e0754ecf374fcf45197ef7185305e43099-pvc
-  - args:
-    - php-fpm
-    image: localhost/todo-pod-fpm:latest
-    name: fpm
-    volumeMounts:
-    - mountPath: /app/public
-      name: 5f3187ed6462d7d25f0b13316001418ece4484668f5f4ac9c1575e2a16a33814-pvc
-  - image: localhost/todo-pod-caddy:latest
-    name: caddy
-    volumeMounts:
-    - mountPath: /app/public
-      name: 5f3187ed6462d7d25f0b13316001418ece4484668f5f4ac9c1575e2a16a33814-pvc
+    - args:
+        - mysqld
+      env:
+        - name: MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD
+          value: "1"
+      image: docker.io/library/mysql:8.4
+      name: mysql
+      ports:
+        - containerPort: 80
+          hostIP: 127.0.0.1
+          hostPort: 8080
+      volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /var/lib/mysql
+          name: caea52734591442fbd270c7b8306b4dae7b2d08af69eb8b38457fc85e1765b25-pvc
+    - args:
+        - valkey-server
+      image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:9-alpine
+      name: valkey
+      volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /data
+          name: 24f58da75852808673a4459f99d3c6e0754ecf374fcf45197ef7185305e43099-pvc
+    - args:
+        - php-fpm
+      image: localhost/todo-pod-fpm:latest
+      name: fpm
+      volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /app/public
+          name: 5f3187ed6462d7d25f0b13316001418ece4484668f5f4ac9c1575e2a16a33814-pvc
+        - mountPath: /app/.env
+          name: env-file
+    - image: localhost/todo-pod-caddy:latest
+      name: caddy
+      volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /app/public
+          name: 5f3187ed6462d7d25f0b13316001418ece4484668f5f4ac9c1575e2a16a33814-pvc
   volumes:
-  - name: caea52734591442fbd270c7b8306b4dae7b2d08af69eb8b38457fc85e1765b25-pvc
-    persistentVolumeClaim:
-      claimName: caea52734591442fbd270c7b8306b4dae7b2d08af69eb8b38457fc85e1765b25
-  - name: 24f58da75852808673a4459f99d3c6e0754ecf374fcf45197ef7185305e43099-pvc
-    persistentVolumeClaim:
-      claimName: 24f58da75852808673a4459f99d3c6e0754ecf374fcf45197ef7185305e43099
-  - name: 5f3187ed6462d7d25f0b13316001418ece4484668f5f4ac9c1575e2a16a33814-pvc
-    persistentVolumeClaim:
-      claimName: 5f3187ed6462d7d25f0b13316001418ece4484668f5f4ac9c1575e2a16a33814
+    - name: caea52734591442fbd270c7b8306b4dae7b2d08af69eb8b38457fc85e1765b25-pvc
+      persistentVolumeClaim:
+        claimName: caea52734591442fbd270c7b8306b4dae7b2d08af69eb8b38457fc85e1765b25
+    - name: 24f58da75852808673a4459f99d3c6e0754ecf374fcf45197ef7185305e43099-pvc
+      persistentVolumeClaim:
+        claimName: 24f58da75852808673a4459f99d3c6e0754ecf374fcf45197ef7185305e43099
+    - name: 5f3187ed6462d7d25f0b13316001418ece4484668f5f4ac9c1575e2a16a33814-pvc
+      persistentVolumeClaim:
+        claimName: 5f3187ed6462d7d25f0b13316001418ece4484668f5f4ac9c1575e2a16a33814
+    - name: env-file
+      hostPath:
+        path: /home/deploy/deployments/TodoAPP/.env.local
+        type: File
diff --git a/app/.env.template b/app/.env.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d97a513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/.env.template
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+DB_HOST="yourhost.com"
+DB_PORT="1234"
+DB_NAME="yourDB"
+DB_USER="dbUser"
+DB_PASS="super$ecureP!ssword"
diff --git a/app/src/Config.php b/app/src/Config.php
index 3d553ff..b38c625 100644
--- a/app/src/Config.php
+++ b/app/src/Config.php
@@ -13,13 +13,19 @@ private function __construct(
         private readonly string $dbPass
     ) {}
 
-    public static function create(): self {
+    public static function create(
+        string $dbHost,
+        int $dbPort,
+        string $dbName,
+        string $dbUser,
+        string $dbPass
+    ): self {
         return new self(
-            '127.0.0.1',
-            3306,
-            'todo_demo',
-            'root',
-            ''
+            $dbHost,
+            $dbPort,
+            $dbName,
+            $dbUser,
+            $dbPass
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/index.php b/app/src/index.php
index cabe06e..f8ecc3f 100644
--- a/app/src/index.php
+++ b/app/src/index.php
@@ -23,8 +23,15 @@
     session_start();
 }
 
+$env = parse_ini_file("../.env");
 // Application configuration
-$config = Config::create();
+$config = Config::create(
+    $env['DB_HOST'],
+    $env['DB_PORT'],
+    $env['DB_NAME'],
+    $env['DB_USER'],
+    $env['DB_PASS']
+);
 
 // Create containerless Slim app
 $app = AppFactory::create();