diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..accd09a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+COMPOSE_CONVERT_WINDOWS_PATHS=1
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 00571d72..7c6f11b7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 .idea
 /logs
 /data
-.env