diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8b73e7..d079cd9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ celerybeat.pid
 *.sage.py
 
 # Environments
-.env
+#.env
 .venv
 env/
 venv/
diff --git a/session_server_config/.env b/session_server_config/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..939dd58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/session_server_config/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+PORT=3005
+# nginx external domain
+EXTERNAL_DOMAIN="a1.test.sess.graff.tech/s1/"
+# coordinator url
+COORDINATOR_URL="https://a1.test.coord.graff.tech"
+DATABASE_URL="mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017"
+DATABASE_NAME="pixel_streaming"
+WEBRTC_PORT_BEGIN=14000
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diff --git a/start_install_package.py b/start_install_package.py
index 0711b9b..b83011f 100644
--- a/start_install_package.py
+++ b/start_install_package.py
@@ -48,4 +48,6 @@ powershell.run_command_no_dir('npm i -g pm2')
 # start session server
 powershell.run_command('pm2 start app.js', session_server_root_dir)
 
+# add to startup 
+
 print('\nPackage successfully deployed to: ', deploy_path, '\n')
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