diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index a052c389..00000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-VITE_API_BASE_URL=ENV_API_BASE_URL
-VITE_KC_URL=ENV_KC_URL
-VITE_KC_REALM=ENV_KC_REALM
-VITE_KC_CLIENT_ID=ENV_KC_CLIENT_ID
-VITE_EDM_MICRO_FRONTEND_URL=ENV_EDM_MICRO_FRONTEND_URL
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 560a321c..258a449a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ yarn-error.log*
 *.sln
 
 # local .env files
+.env
+.env.*
 .env.local*
+
 /test-results/
 /playwright-report/
 /blob-report/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8c81336c..7eca61ca 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY . .
 
+ENV VITE_API_BASE_URL=ENV_API_BASE_URL
+ENV VITE_KC_URL=ENV_KC_URL
+ENV VITE_KC_REALM=ENV_KC_REALM
+ENV VITE_KC_CLIENT_ID=ENV_KC_CLIENT_ID
+ENV VITE_EDM_MICRO_FRONTEND_URL=ENV_EDM_MICRO_FRONTEND_URL
+
 RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pnpm,target=/pnpm/store pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 RUN pnpm run build