diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd660a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.env
+**/node_modules/
+package-lock.json
+*.swp
+.prettyrc
+.vscode
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diff --git a/api/.gitignore b/api/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2eea525..0000000
--- a/api/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.env
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diff --git a/api/server.js b/api/server.js
index 5c8234d..63c9005 100644
--- a/api/server.js
+++ b/api/server.js
@@ -17,4 +17,17 @@ app.use("/api/data", dataRoutes);
 app.use("/api/inventory", inventoryRoutes);
 
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;
-app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Server running on port ${PORT}`));
+app.listen(PORT, () => {
+    console.log(`Environment: \n\n
+    ${JSON.stringify(process.env)}`);
+    console.log(`Server running on port ${PORT}`); //These will both get updated to smartLogging later
+    console.log(`System Settings: \n
+        port = ${process.env.PORT} \n
+        debug = ${process.env.DEBUG} \n
+        dotenv_key = ${process.env.DOTENV_KEY} \n
+        ebay_client_id = ${process.env.EBAY_CLIENT_ID} \n
+        ebay_client_secret = ${process.env.EBAY_CLIENT_SECRET} \n
+        ebay_dev_id = ${process.env.EBAY_DEV_ID} \n
+        ebay_redirect_uri = ${process.env.EBAY_REDIRECT_URI} \n
+    `);
+});
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 67c4c6f..2c15f90 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -4,5 +4,15 @@ services:
     build: ./api
     ports:
       - "3000:3000"
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    # environment:
+    #   PORT: 8005
+    #   DEBUG: "false" 
+    #   DOTENV_KEY: "DotKeyDC"
+    #   EBAY_CLIENT_ID: "EbayClientIDDC"
+    #   EBAY_CLIENT_SECRET: "EbayClientSecretDC"
+    #   EBAY_DEV_ID: "EbayDevIDDC"
+    #   EBAY_REDIRECT_URI: "EbayRedirectURIDC"
     volumes:
       - ./api:/usr/src/app # Mount the local ./api directory to /usr/src/app in the container
diff --git a/envSample b/envSample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea482f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/envSample
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+PORT=8003
+DEBUG=true
+DOTENV_KEY=DotKey
+EBAY_CLIENT_ID=EbayClientID
+EBAY_CLIENT_SECRET=EbayClientSecret
+EBAY_DEV_ID=EbayDevID
+EBAY_REDIRECT_URI=EbayRedirectURI
+
+
+#I'm not 100% on this, but I think the --env-file flag for docker containers should handle this. We just 
+#need to figure out how that gets consumed. 
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