diff --git a/spliit/.env.example b/spliit/.env.example
index b31530c..b3b57df 100644
--- a/spliit/.env.example
+++ b/spliit/.env.example
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# db
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=
-SPLIIT_POSTGRES_DIR=
+TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
 
-# app
-POSTGRES_PRISMA_URL=postgresql://postgres:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@spliit_db
-POSTGRES_URL_NON_POOLING=postgresql://postgres:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@spliit_db
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+# db
+SPLIIT_POSTGRES_DIR=
+SPLIIT_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=
+SPLIIT_POSTGRES_USER=spliit
+SPLIIT_POSTGRES_DB=spliit
diff --git a/spliit/docker-compose.yml b/spliit/docker-compose.yml
index 3f51ffe..efbb8cd 100644
--- a/spliit/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/spliit/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       spliit_db:
         condition: service_healthy
-    env_file:
-      - .env
+    environment:
+      TZ: ${TZ}
+      POSTGRES_HOST: spliit_db
+      POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB}
+      POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
   spliit_db:
     image: postgres:17
     volumes:
@@ -18,4 +22,7 @@ services:
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
     environment:
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
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+      TZ: ${TZ}
+      POSTGRES_DB: ${SPLIIT_POSTGRES_DB}
+      POSTGRES_USER: ${SPLIIT_POSTGRES_USER}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${SPLIIT_POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
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