diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 335dbc9..a1e040b 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ def create_app():
     app = Flask(__name__)
 
     # Configure the database
-    app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'postgresql://postgres:1253@localhost:5432/docupulse'
+    app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = os.getenv('DATABASE_URL', 'postgresql://postgres:postgres@db:5432/docupulse')
     app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False
-    app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'your-secret-key-here'
+    app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY', 'your-secret-key-here')
     app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'] = os.path.join(app.root_path, 'static', 'uploads')
 
     # Initialize extensions
diff --git a/stack.env b/stack.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1be9481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack.env
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Web service environment variables
+FLASK_APP=app.py
+FLASK_ENV=production
+UPLOAD_FOLDER=/app/uploads
+DATABASE_URL=postgresql://postgres:postgres@db:5432/docupulse
+SECRET_KEY=your-secure-secret-key-here
+
+# Database service environment variables
+POSTGRES_USER=postgres
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
+POSTGRES_DB=docupulse 
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