diff --git a/.env.test b/.env.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6678396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.test
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+DATABASE_URL="file:./dev.db"
+API_KEY="AI_SERVICE_API_KEY_HERE"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 41a989e..838f343 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ out
 .env
 .env.*
 !.env.example
+!.env.test
 data/files/*
 !data/files/.gitkeep
 *.db