diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 6858e70..5cdd5ed 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 DB_HOST=localhost
 DB_PORT=5432
-DB_USER=postgres
-DB_PASSWORD=password
+DB_USER=your_db_user
+DB_PASSWORD=your_db_password
 DB_NAME=linkedin_jobs
 DB_SSLMODE=disable
 
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ SERVER_HOST=localhost
 LINKEDIN_BASE_URL=https://www.linkedin.com
 REQUEST_TIMEOUT=30s
 RATE_LIMIT_DELAY=2s
-CV_AI_MODEL=deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1:free
-OPENROUTER_API_KEY=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
\ No newline at end of file
+CV_AI_MODEL=your_ai_model
+OPENROUTER_API_KEY=your_openrouter_api_key
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af58c1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Local environment files (contains real secrets)
+.local.env
+
+# IDE files
+.vscode/settings.json
+.idea/
+
+# Go build artifacts
+*.exe
+*.exe~
+*.dll
+*.so
+*.dylib
+*.test
+*.out
+go.work
+
+# Dependency directories
+vendor/
+
+# OS generated files
+.DS_Store
+.DS_Store?
+._*
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Logs
+*.log
+logs/
+
+# Temporary files
+*.tmp
+*.temp
diff --git a/cv/main.go b/cv/main.go
index 7ea563b..fd80cdf 100644
--- a/cv/main.go
+++ b/cv/main.go
@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	if err := godotenv.Load(); err != nil {
-		log.Println("No .env file found, using system environment variables")
+	// Try to load .local.env first, then fallback to .env
+	if err := godotenv.Load("../.local.env"); err != nil {
+		log.Println("No .local.env file found, trying .env")
+		if err := godotenv.Load("../.env"); err != nil {
+			log.Println("No .env file found, using system environment variables")
+		}
 	}
 
 	dbConfig := infrastructure.LoadConfigFromEnv()
@@ -72,5 +76,4 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	log.Println(result)
-	// job,err :=
 }
diff --git a/scraper/main.go b/scraper/main.go
index ff129be..77dae1a 100644
--- a/scraper/main.go
+++ b/scraper/main.go
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	if err := godotenv.Load(); err != nil {
-		log.Println("No .env file found, using system environment variables")
+	// Try to load .local.env first, then fallback to .env
+	if err := godotenv.Load(".local.env"); err != nil {
+		log.Println("No .local.env file found, trying .env")
+		if err := godotenv.Load(); err != nil {
+			log.Println("No .env file found, using system environment variables")
+		}
 	}
 
 	dbConfig := infrastructure.LoadConfigFromEnv()