diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f912d7..b24a840 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+/env/nginxexporter-env
 /env/vmware_exporter-env
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 4cd5ed8..f38e556 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -98,10 +98,8 @@ services:
         max-size: "10m"
         max-file: "5"
 
-    environment:
-      - SCRAPE_URI=http://nginx:80/nginx_status
-      - TELEMETRY_PATH=/metrics
-      - NGINX_RETRIES=10
+    env_file:
+      - env/nginxexporter-env
     expose:
       - "9113"
     networks:
diff --git a/env/nginxexporter-dist b/env/nginxexporter-dist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a13a8a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/env/nginxexporter-dist
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SCRAPE_URI=
+TELEMETRY_PATH=/metrics
+NGINX_RETRIES=10