diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b372ac9..6ae7eaf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ typings/
 # dotenv environment variables file
 .env
 .env.test
+config/config.env
 
 # parcel-bundler cache (https://parceljs.org/)
 .cache
diff --git a/config/config.env.example b/config/config.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7916804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/config.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+NODE_ENV=development
+PORT=5000
+MONGO_URI=
+GEOCODER_PROVIDER=
+GEOCODER_API_KEY=
+FILE_UPLOAD_PATH=./public/uploads
+MAX_FILE_UPLOAD=1000000
+JWT_SECRET=
+JWT_EXPIRE=30d
+JWT_COOKIE_EXPIRE=30
+SMTP_HOST=
+SMTP_PORT=
+SMTP_EMAIL=
+SMTP_PASSWORD=
+FROM_EMAIL=
+FROM_NAME=
+SESSION_SECRET=
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c820323..04944f1 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ const fileUpload = require("express-fileupload");
 const connectDB = require("./db");
 
 //Load env vars *******************************************************
-// dotenv.config({path: "./config/config.env"});
-dotenv.config();
+dotenv.config({path: "./config/config.env"});
 
 //Connect To DB********************************************************
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "test") {