diff --git a/.docker/.env b/.docker/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7355673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.docker/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+SS_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE="dev"
+SS_BASE_URL="http://localhost"
+
+SS_DATABASE_CLASS="MySQLPDODatabase"
+SS_DATABASE_SERVER="db"
+SS_DATABASE_USERNAME="root"
+SS_DATABASE_PASSWORD="root"
+SS_DATABASE_NAME="SilverStripe"
+
+SS_DEFAULT_ADMIN_USERNAME="root"
+SS_DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD="root"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 50973e4..f510584 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ COPY --chown=www-data:www-data ./Website/composer.* ./
 RUN sudo -u www-data mkdir public
 RUN sudo -u www-data composer install
 
+COPY --chown=www-data:www-data .docker/.env .env
+
 COPY .docker/xdebug.ini $PHP_INI_DIR/conf.d/
 COPY .docker/date.ini $PHP_INI_DIR/conf.d/
 COPY --chown=www-data:www-data ./Website/ ./