diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ff1268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+VERSION=1.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7bbc71c..a9b166e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ celerybeat-schedule
 # SageMath parsed files
 *.sage.py
 
-# dotenv
-.env
-
 # virtualenv
 .venv
 venv/