diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a27e8815..db327d1d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 /php/vendor
 /manual-install/*.conf
 !/manual-install/sample.conf
-/manual-install/docker-compose.yml
\ No newline at end of file
+/manual-install/docker-compose.yml
+/manual-install/.env
diff --git a/manual-install/readme.md b/manual-install/readme.md
index da98efa8..617eee60 100644
--- a/manual-install/readme.md
+++ b/manual-install/readme.md
@@ -21,20 +21,21 @@ First, install docker and docker-compose if not already done. Then simply run th
 git clone https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one.git
 cd all-in-one/manual-install
 ```
-Then copy the sample.conf to a new file, e.g. `cp sample.conf my.conf`, open the new conf file, e.g. with `nano my.conf`, edit all values that are marked with `# TODO!`, close and save the file.
+Then copy the sample.conf to default environment file, e.g. `cp sample.conf .env`, open the new conf file, e.g. with `nano .env`, edit all values that are marked with `# TODO!`, close and save the file.
 
 Now copy the provided yaml file to a docker-compose file by running on x64 `cp latest.yml docker-compose.yml` and on arm64 `cp latest-arm64.yml docker-compose.yml`.
 
-Now you should be ready to go with `sudo docker-compose --env-file my.conf up`.
+Now you should be ready to go with `sudo docker-compose up`.
 
 ## How to update?
 Since the AIO containers may change in the future, it is highly recommended to strictly follow the following procedure whenever you want to upgrade your containers.
-1. Run `sudo docker-compose --env-file my.conf down` to stop all running containers
+1. If your previous copy of `sample.conf` is named `my.conf`, run `mv my.conf .env`
+1. Run `sudo docker-compose down` to stop all running containers
 1. Back up all important files and folders
 1. Run `git pull` in order to get the updated yaml files from the repository. Now bring your `docker-compose.yml` file up-to-date with the updated one from the repository. You can use `diff docker-compose.yml latest.yml` on x64 and `diff docker-compose.yml latest-arm64.yml` on arm64 for comparing.
 1. Also have a look at the `sample.conf` if any variable was added or renamed and add that to your conf file as well. Here may help the diff command as well.
-1. After the file update was successful, simply run `sudo docker-compose --env-file my.conf pull` to pull the new images.
-1. At the end run `sudo docker-compose --env-file my.conf up` in order to start and update the containers with the new configuration.
+1. After the file update was successful, simply run `sudo docker-compose pull` to pull the new images.
+1. At the end run `sudo docker-compose up` in order to start and update the containers with the new configuration.
 
 ## FAQ
 ### Backup and restore?