diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index 0ada8850ac..6daf7ad289 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ AKASH_ROOT=$(pwd)
 export AKASH_ROOT
 
 dotenv
+dotenv_if_exists dev.env
 
 PATH_add "$AKASH_DEVCACHE_NODE_BIN"
 PATH_add "$AKASH_DEVCACHE_BIN"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c0f2438782..029a891fc2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,5 +28,9 @@ coverage.txt
 /tmp-swagger-gen
 
 # go workspaces
-go.work
-go.work.sum
+/go.work
+/go.work.sum
+
+/.editorconfig
+
+dev.env