diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 32725cc751..0000000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-RUST_LOG=info
-RUST_BACKTRACE=1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.env.sample-dev b/.env.sample-dev
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ba1ff6ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.sample-dev
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+RUST_LOG=info
+RUST_BACKTRACE=1
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f73ef5d373..6ddcea9a0c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 /test_inbox
 .idea
 target
+.env