diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 5ab65382..48c900a5 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@ frontend/ssl
 
 **/*.log
 **/*.env
+**/.env.*
+!**/.env.example
 **/.DS_Store
 **/Thumbs.db