diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 944fc3e..43b628e 100755
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -47,20 +47,8 @@ steps:
     path: /var/run/docker.sock
   commands:
   - export DRONE_SHA=${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:7}
-  - ls
   - docker cp ./docker-compose.drone.yaml compose-container:/docker-compose.drone.yaml
-  - docker exec \
-    -e SMTP_PROXY_EMAIL=$SMTP_PROXY_EMAIL \
-    -e SMTP_RECIPIENT_EMAIL=$SMTP_RECIPIENT_EMAIL \
-    -e SMTP_HOST=$SMTP_HOST \
-    -e SMTP_PORT=$SMTP_PORT \
-    -e SMTP_USERNAME=$SMTP_USERNAME \
-    -e SMTP_PASSWORD=$SMTP_PASSWORD \
-    -e NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_APPOINTMENTS_LINK=$NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_APPOINTMENTS_LINK \
-    -e RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY=$RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY \
-    -e NEXT_PUBLIC_RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY=$NEXT_PUBLIC_RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY \
-    -e DRONE_SHA=$DRONE_SHA \
-    compose-container docker compose -f ./docker-compose.drone.yaml build # -t oonyeje-portfolio:${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:7} .
+  - docker exec --env-file .env.drone compose-container docker compose -f ./docker-compose.drone.yaml build # -t oonyeje-portfolio:${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:7} .
   - docker tag oonyeje-portfolio:${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:7} gitea.bsidesolutions.net/oonyeje/oonyeje-portfolio:${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:7}
 - name: push-image
   image: docker/compose:latest
diff --git a/.env.drone b/.env.drone
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d000be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.drone
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+    SMTP_PROXY_EMAIL=$SMTP_PROXY_EMAIL
+    SMTP_RECIPIENT_EMAIL=$SMTP_RECIPIENT_EMAIL
+    SMTP_HOST=$SMTP_HOST
+    SMTP_PORT=$SMTP_PORT
+    SMTP_USERNAME=$SMTP_USERNAME
+    SMTP_PASSWORD=$SMTP_PASSWORD
+    NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_APPOINTMENTS_LINK=$NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_APPOINTMENTS_LINK
+    RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY=$RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY
+    NEXT_PUBLIC_RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY=$NEXT_PUBLIC_RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY
+    DRONE_SHA=$DRONE_SHA
+    DOCKER_USERNAME=$DOCKER_USERNAME
+    DOCKER_PASSWORD=$DOCKER_PASSWORD
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