diff --git a/immich/docker-compose.yml b/immich/docker-compose.yml
index 7feaf8f..15478d7 100644
--- a/immich/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/immich/docker-compose.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ services:
       # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file
       - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/data
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
-    #env_file:
-    #  - .env
+    env_file:
+      - ${REPO_PREFIX}immich.env
     #ports:
     #  - '2283:2283'
     depends_on:
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ services:
     #   service: cpu # set to one of [armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, openvino-wsl, rknn] for accelerated inference - use the `-wsl` version for WSL2 where applicable
     volumes:
       - model-cache:/cache
-    #env_file:
-    #  - .env
+    env_file:
+      - ${REPO_PREFIX}immich.env
     restart: always
     healthcheck:
       disable: false
diff --git a/immich/example.env b/immich/example.env
index 93af657..fb35b15 100644
--- a/immich/example.env
+++ b/immich/example.env
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 TS_HOSTNAME=immich
 TS_AUTHKEY=tskey-client-nnn-nnn # Change required
 TS_EXTRA_ARGS=--advertise-tags=tag:container
+
 BASE_DATA_DIR=${BASE_DATA_DIR:-.} # If desired, change data store location
+#REPO_PREFIX=${REPO_PREFIX:-immich/}
 
 # You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at
 # https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables
diff --git a/immich/immich.env b/immich/immich.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..178d945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/immich/immich.env
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+BASE_DATA_DIR=${BASE_DATA_DIR:-.} # If desired, change data store location
+
+# You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at
+# https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables
+UPLOAD_LOCATION=${BASE_DATA_DIR}/immich-data/library
+DB_DATA_LOCATION=${BASE_DATA_DIR}/immich-data/postgres
+# TZ=Etc/UTC
+IMMICH_VERSION=release
+DB_PASSWORD=postgres
+DB_USERNAME=postgres
+DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich