diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aafeefb..9f10b34 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 .vscode
 dist/**
 !dist/setup.sh
-!dist/sr.sh
-!dist/.env
+!dist/sr.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cyphernodeconf_docker/templates/installer/docker/docker-compose.yaml b/cyphernodeconf_docker/templates/installer/docker/docker-compose.yaml
index 33ec0dd..1200264 100644
--- a/cyphernodeconf_docker/templates/installer/docker/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/cyphernodeconf_docker/templates/installer/docker/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ services:
   proxycron:
     image: cyphernode/proxycron:<%= proxycron_version %>
     env_file:
-      - ./.env/proxycron.env
+      - .env/proxycron.env
     networks:
       - cyphernodenet
     depends_on:
diff --git a/dist/setup.sh b/dist/setup.sh
index 846244d..78c754a 100755
--- a/dist/setup.sh
+++ b/dist/setup.sh
@@ -474,6 +474,12 @@ install_docker() {
     next
   fi
 
+  if [ ! -d $current_path/.env ]; then
+    step "   �[32mcreate�[0m $current_path/.env"
+    sudo_if_required mkdir -p $current_path/.env
+    next
+  fi
+
   copy_file $cyphernodeconf_filepath/installer/config.sh $PROXY_DATAPATH/config.sh 1 $SUDO_REQUIRED
   copy_file $cyphernodeconf_filepath/cyphernode/info.json $PROXY_DATAPATH/info.json 1 $SUDO_REQUIRED
   copy_file $cyphernodeconf_filepath/postgres/pgpass $PROXY_DATAPATH/pgpass 1 $SUDO_REQUIRED