diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0cecb9..75c18dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ The client is built using SvelteKit (static site) and the server uses Axum frame
 The client can be started using `npm run dev` inside `app` directory.
 
 The server and the database services are containarized. Just run `docker compose up` to start the server and database services if you are working on the frontend.
+Make sure to make a `.env` file with these parameters:
+```
+DATABASE_PASSWORD=db_password
+DATABASE_NAME=db_name
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:db_password@localhost:5432/db_name
+```
 
 If you are working on the server, you can run `cargo watch -i app -x run` to automatically restart the server when the source code changes, and `docker compose up -d db` to start the database service in the background.