diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..567e0d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# The version of your project, manually updated by you.
+# This version will be reflected in package.json, and composer.json.
+VERSION=1.0.0
+
+# The build number, which is automatically incremented with each build.
+# This value will be appended to the root style.css for versioning purposes.
+BUILD=0
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c233806..61e6412 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Thumbs.db
 
 # node
-.env
+./.env
 .env.local
 logs
 *.log