diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3b2e3fa..d44bf86 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ python/build
 .*.kate-swp
 !releases/whl/*.whl
 .env
+!docker/*/.env
+.envs
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0de9813..f0cf983 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ venv_compile:
 	uv pip compile --generate-hashes \
 	requirements.in > requirements.txt
 
+compose_env:
+	for s in checks; do \
+		cat docker/$$s/.env .envs/$$s.env > .envs/$$s.patched.env; \
+	done
+
 MYPY_SOURCES ?= \
 	d1/cpanel.py
 mypy:
diff --git a/.envs/checks.env b/docker/checks/.env
similarity index 100%
rename from .envs/checks.env
rename to docker/checks/.env