diff --git a/.examples/nginx/.env b/.examples/nginx/.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..955039cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.examples/nginx/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+MARIADB_PASSWORD="" #you have to set your own passwords here
+MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD="" #and here
+MARIADB_DATABASE=matomo
+MARIADB_USER=matomo
+MATOMO_DATABASE_ADAPTER=mysql
+MATOMO_DATABASE_TABLES_PREFIX=matomo_
+MATOMO_DATABASE_USERNAME=matomo
+MATOMO_DATABASE_PASSWORD="" #and here
+MATOMO_DATABASE_DBNAME=matomo
diff --git a/.examples/nginx/db.env b/.examples/nginx/db.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bb1fc0e..00000000
--- a/.examples/nginx/db.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-MYSQL_PASSWORD=
-MYSQL_DATABASE=matomo
-MYSQL_USER=matomo
-MATOMO_DATABASE_ADAPTER=mysql
-MATOMO_DATABASE_TABLES_PREFIX=matomo_
-MATOMO_DATABASE_USERNAME=matomo
-MATOMO_DATABASE_PASSWORD=
-MATOMO_DATABASE_DBNAME=matomo
diff --git a/.examples/nginx/docker-compose.yml b/.examples/nginx/docker-compose.yml
index bc390dda..4df68120 100644
--- a/.examples/nginx/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.examples/nginx/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - db:/var/lib/mysql
     environment:
-      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=
-    env_file:
-      - ./db.env
+      - MARIADB_PASSWORD
+      - MARIADB_USER
+      - MARIADB_DATABASE
+      - MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD
 
   app:
     image: matomo:fpm-alpine
@@ -18,15 +19,12 @@ services:
     links:
       - db
     volumes:
-      # - ./config:/var/www/html/config:rw
-      # - ./logs:/var/www/html/logs
+      - ./config:/var/www/html/config:rw
+      - ./logs:/var/www/html/logs
       - matomo:/var/www/html
     environment:
       - MATOMO_DATABASE_HOST=db
       - PHP_MEMORY_LIMIT=2048M
-    env_file:
-      - ./db.env
-
   web:
     image: nginx:alpine
     restart: always