diff --git a/src/main/docker/.gitignore b/src/main/docker/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4c49bd78f1d08f2bc09fa0bd8191ed38b7dce5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/docker/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.env
diff --git a/src/main/docker/gitsearch.yml b/src/main/docker/gitsearch.yml
index 911b5bfe532df900af9e4a90e941d47e109046c6..2728f3a02d448fb6f893e1eb6f262082c38e0b6d 100644
--- a/src/main/docker/gitsearch.yml
+++ b/src/main/docker/gitsearch.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
     container_name: sharing_search
     environment:
       - _JAVA_OPTIONS=-Xmx512m -Xms256m
-      - SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE=staging,swagger
+      - SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE=${SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE}
       - MANAGEMENT_METRICS_EXPORT_PROMETHEUS_ENABLED=true
       - SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL=jdbc:mysql://sharing_mysql:3306/gitsearch?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=utf8&useSSL=false&useLegacyDatetimeCode=false&serverTimezone=UTC&createDatabaseIfNotExist=true
       - JHIPSTER_SLEEP=10 # gives time for other services to boot before the application