diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 11420c7..90e4656 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -2,4 +2,13 @@ node_modules
 .git
 .gitignore
 .env.example
-.env
\ No newline at end of file
+config/.env
+project-ops
+Dockerfile
+*.md
+*.yml
+*.log
+*.service
+*.conf
+LICENSE
+*.yaml 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5f53513..9f224d1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ web_modules/
 .yarn-integrity
 
 # dotenv environment variable files
-.env
-.env.development.local
-.env.test.local
-.env.production.local
-.env.local
+config/.env
+config/.env.development.local
+config/.env.test.local
+config/.env.production.local
+config/.env.local
 
 # parcel-bundler cache (https://parceljs.org/)
 .cache
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5cb18f..f47a3b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ cd project-quiz-app
 npm install
 ```
 ### Set up environment variables:
- Create a .env file in the root directory and configure the following:
+ Create a .env file in the ./config/ directory and configure the following or use .env.example:
 
 ``` 
 -MONGO_ATLAS="mongodb://localhost:27017/testdb"
diff --git a/project-ops/Readme.md b/project-ops/Readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/deploy-pod.yml b/project-ops/dev/k8s/dev-combined.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy-pod.yml
rename to project-ops/dev/k8s/dev-combined.yml
diff --git a/project-ops/prod/k8s/deployments/app-deployment.yml b/project-ops/prod/k8s/deployments/app-deployment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/project-ops/prod/k8s/deployments/db-deployment.yml b/project-ops/prod/k8s/deployments/db-deployment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/project-ops/prod/k8s/services/ingress.yml b/project-ops/prod/k8s/services/ingress.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 217c0ab..5a90025 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 const express=require("express")
 const app=express()
 const cors=require('cors')
-require('dotenv').config()
+require('dotenv').config({
+    path: './config/.env'
+})
 const bodyParser=require('body-parser')
 const logger=require('./config/logger')
 const {databaseConnection}=require('./config/db')