diff --git a/env/.env b/.env/.env
similarity index 100%
rename from env/.env
rename to .env/.env
diff --git a/env/.env.development b/.env/.env.development
similarity index 100%
rename from env/.env.development
rename to .env/.env.development
diff --git a/env/.env.local b/.env/.env.local
similarity index 100%
rename from env/.env.local
rename to .env/.env.local
diff --git a/env/.env.production b/.env/.env.production
similarity index 100%
rename from env/.env.production
rename to .env/.env.production
diff --git a/env/.env.staging b/.env/.env.staging
similarity index 100%
rename from env/.env.staging
rename to .env/.env.staging
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5e2cec9..5778e03 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -125,8 +125,9 @@ celerybeat.pid
 *.sage.py
 
 # Environments
+.env.local.secrets
 .venv
-env/.env.local.secrets
+env/
 venv/
 ENV/
 env.bak/
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 5923ea4..4c17046 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ def set_up_settings(service_base_dir: Path, service_name: str):
     # env = t.cast(Env, os.environ["ENV"])
     env = os.environ["ENV"]
 
-    load_dotenv(f"env/.env.{env}", override=False)
-    load_dotenv("env/.env", override=False)
+    load_dotenv(f".env/.env.{env}", override=False)
+    load_dotenv(".env/.env", override=False)
 
     if env == "local":
-        secrets_path = "env/.env.local.secrets"
+        secrets_path = ".env/.env.local.secrets"
         # TODO: move this to the dev container setup script.
         if not os.path.exists(secrets_path):
             with open(secrets_path, "w+", encoding="utf-8") as secrets_file: