diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index dc91ac99..9c733714 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Django Development Variables
 DEBUG=1
 SECRET_KEY=foo
-DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost 127.0.0.1 [::1] .service.justice.gov.uk
+DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost 127.0.0.1 [::1]
 
 # Catalogue Variables
 CATALOGUE_TOKEN=mycatalogtoken
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28e6219c..b93aa832 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 You will need npm (for javascript dependencies) and poetry (for python dependencies).
 
 1. Run `poetry install` to install python dependencies
-2. Set environment variables CATALOGUE_URL and CATALOGUE_TOKEN (TODO: add dotenv support)
+2. There is support for using `.env` file to hold local environment variables. Refer to `.env.example` for examples.
 3. Run `poetry run python manage.py runserver`
 
 Run `npm install` and then `npm run sass` to compile the stylesheets.