diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 9df597c..0000000
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-__pycache__
-*.pyc
-*.pyo
-*.egg-info
diff --git a/.env b/.env
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--- a/.env
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@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# PostgreSQL database host
-POSTGRES_HOST=products_db
-
-# PostgreSQL database user
-POSTGRES_USER=username
-
-# PostgreSQL database password
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
-
-# PostgreSQL database name
-POSTGRES_DATABASE=database
-
-# PostgreSQL database port
-POSTGRES_PORT=5432
-
-# Asynchronous database URI for connecting to PostgreSQL
-ASYNC_DATABASE_URI=postgresql+asyncpg://username:password@products_db:5432/database
-
-# Name of the project or application
-PROJECT_NAME=Product Listings
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@
 # Commands
 
 `alias pps="podman container ps -a"`
-
 `alias pre="podman-compose down && podman-compose up -d"`
 
 `podman-compose up`
-
 `podman-compose down`
 
 # Dockerfile