diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5778e03..5e2cec9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -125,9 +125,8 @@ celerybeat.pid
 *.sage.py
 
 # Environments
-.env.local.secrets
 .venv
-env/
+env/.env.local.secrets
 venv/
 ENV/
 env.bak/
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/settings.py b/settings.py
index 4c17046..5923ea4 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: