diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 03c44e3..0000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#NEXT
-NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL=http://localhost:3000
-
-#APPWRITE
-NEXT_PUBLIC_APPWRITE_ENDPOINT=https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1
-NEXT_PUBLIC_APPWRITE_PROJECT=662cd3d0000d7d095714
-APPWRITE_DATABASE_ID=662cd599000b133bfcd3
-APPWRITE_USER_COLLECTION_ID=662cd5bb002792396b02
-APPWRITE_BANK_COLLECTION_ID=662cd610000e0e283eb4
-APPWRITE_TRANSACTION_COLLECTION_ID=662cd5fb000ceb06e8a6
-NEXT_APPWRITE_KEY=c78d74bfcb9364a868b588056cdb00bd7328ad2629f9d97682a877f8662776289426ab7a5dcc1ca6cb4c6946b5a341ca73cd09f18dd0c01a11454aa75cf85a3cc4b0cc5f5cbc8872368aab3d24a13ff35ca45fac080bf0d8f575d84dec72ad0446b13752978c44d379ca85bdb690b7aa0523b44d9058a6da51c474ba54aef2d7
-
-#PLAID
-PLAID_CLIENT_ID=662e1e5fdca064001c3e0086
-PLAID_SECRET=be405988983be57fe34bef8e9038b3
-PLAID_ENV=sandbox
-PLAID_PRODUCTS=auth,transactions,identity
-PLAID_COUNTRY_CODES=US,CA
-
-#DWOLLA
-DWOLLA_KEY=qAN5xkFYOSQeUNpN7GSPcGPHH8nSpVrPKSL8Ye5mSSP5AzddNt
-DWOLLA_SECRET=FI50i6NbUQ90106Bt1n9bH6aCNWhcs8Rliy7VRqrXgNbKtLy00
-DWOLLA_BASE_URL=https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com
-DWOLLA_ENV=sandbox
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0ea48f8..52ec3a4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,3 +37,7 @@ next-env.d.ts
 
 # Sentry Config File
 .sentryclirc
+
+#ignore env files
+.env*
+!.env.example