diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 86e510c..ae7896c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ celerybeat.pid
 *.sage.py
 
 # Environments
-.env
 .venv
 env/
 venv/
diff --git a/backend/.env b/backend/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5dc9a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Supabase
+POSTGRES_DB_NAME = 'postgres'
+POSTGRES_HOST = 'db.icuxzklnmyobfjgxudoh.supabase.co'
+POSTGRES_PORT = "5432"
+POSTGRES_USER_NAME = "postgres"
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD = "t5LbM9YiY0FAF7T6"
+SUPABAE_PUBLIC_APIKEY = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJzdXBhYmFzZSIsInJlZiI6ImljdXh6a2xubXlvYmZqZ3h1ZG9oIiwicm9sZSI6ImFub24iLCJpYXQiOjE2OTU4OTYzOTEsImV4cCI6MjAxMTQ3MjM5MX0.bPi5hV-602hEsdKsvsbdjzSMJXhVTAopQQNadFBF_Eo"
+SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_APIKEY = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJzdXBhYmFzZSIsInJlZiI6ImljdXh6a2xubXlvYmZqZ3h1ZG9oIiwicm9sZSI6InNlcnZpY2Vfcm9sZSIsImlhdCI6MTY5NTg5NjM5MSwiZXhwIjoyMDExNDcyMzkxfQ.WKa4BjDEBo-e2K7-F0brC_DoIQEZVbtXTaZI0iqnfHM"
+SUPABASE_BASE_URL = "https://db.icuxzklnmyobfjgxudoh.supabase.co/"
+SUPABASE_AUTH_URL = "https://db.icuxzklnmyobfjgxudoh.supabase.co//auth/v1/"
+# JWT Secret key -> Supabse -> Project Settings -> API -> JWT Secret
+JWT_SECRET_KEY = "R7Ppb6CgGuyxn8KAID+CgylUz3SU80QOt22J+BAic09jY6NQMNIp4GPUF6uqKcErHOfrFgcIHrzAGhPEol4xiA=="
+
+# Local
+# POSTGRES_DB_NAME = 'django_test_db'
+# POSTGRES_HOST = 'localhost'
+# POSTGRES_PORT = "5432"
+# POSTGRES_USER_NAME = "postgres"
+# POSTGRES_PASSWORD = "shift3team"
+
+# GCloud
+GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS = "secrets/enter-gcp-key.json"
+
+# Python configs
+#https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html#logging-levels
+# use numeric value from table in the link above
+LOGGING_LEVEL = 10 
+
+# Project variables
+POSSIBLE_ROLES = '["candidate", "company_user", "association_user", "admin (not yet implemented)"]'
diff --git a/backend/shift_3_womenpp/settings.py b/backend/shift_3_womenpp/settings.py
index b8ce11f..eee7c23 100644
--- a/backend/shift_3_womenpp/settings.py
+++ b/backend/shift_3_womenpp/settings.py
@@ -213,6 +213,5 @@
 # Project parameters
 
 STATIC_ROOT = path.join(BASE_DIR, "static/")
-STATICFILES_DIRS = (path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),)
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.AutoField"