diff --git a/.env b/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f6cad59..00000000
--- a/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-POSTGRES_USER=postgres
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
-DATABASE_USERNAME=fusionauth
-DATABASE_PASSWORD=hkaLBM3RVnyYeYeqE3WI1w2e4Avpy0Wd5O3s3
-ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Xms512m -Xmx512m"
-FUSIONAUTH_APP_MEMORY=512M
-
-#minio
-MINIO_USERNAME=workflow-dev
-MINIO_PASSWORD=workflow-dev
-MINIO_BUCKETNAME=affiliationbucket
-
-# central envs
-CENTRAL_USER_EMAIL=chakshu@samagragovernance.in
-CENTRAL_USER_PASS=StrongPassword@1234
-
-#enketo-express
-ENCRYPTION_KEY=somestrongencrytionkey
-LESS_SECURE_ENCRYPTION_KEY=ssssomestrongencrytionkey
-FORM_MANAGER_BASE_URI=IP:PORT_OF_DEPLOYED_INSTANCE
-
-# form manager
-FORM_MANAGER_URL=http://form-manager:3006
-MINIO_URL=IP:PORT_OF_DEPLOYED_MINIO
-MINIO_ENDPOINT=minio
-MINIO_PORT=9000
-REDIS_HOST=fm-cache
-MINIO_USE_SSL=false
-REDIS_PORT=6379
-
-# TSDB 
-TSDB_POSTGRES_USER=timescaledb
-TSDB_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgrespassword
-
-# GQL
-HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_SECRET=myadminsecretkey
-HASURA_GRAPHQL_JWT_SECRET={"type":"RS256","jwk_url":"http://fusionauth:9011/.well-known/jwks.json"}
-HASURA_GRAPHQL_DATABASE_URL=postgres://$TSDB_POSTGRES_USER:$TSDB_POSTGRES_PASSWORD@tsdb:5432/postgres?sslmode=disable
-
-#react wrapper 
-# http://service-name is not going to work as we are building a static build
-# and serving it through nginx
-# use actual IP address instead
-REACT_APP_ENKETO_URL=https://8065-tushar5526-workflow-0qffaj3egws.ws-us93.gitpod.io
-REACT_APP_FORM_MANAGER_URL=https://3006-tushar5526-workflow-0qffaj3egws.ws-us93.gitpod.io
-REACT_APP_HASURA_URL=https://8080-tushar5526-workflow-0qffaj3egws.ws-us93.gitpod.io
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
index b11f6988..a53ccea7 100644
--- a/.gitpod.yml
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ tasks:
     init: |
       gp sync-done dev-setup
       bash install-central.sh
+  - name: generate env file
+    command: cp sample.env .env
   - name: Start Services
     openMode: tab-after
     init: |
       gp sync-done dev-setup
-      # Not needed now, we can use docker-compose networking.. but one can use this in a script to repalce env vars at runtime in .env
+      # Not needed now, we can use docker-compose networking.. but one can use this in a script to replace env vars at runtime in .env
       # sed -i~ "/^FORM_MANAGER_URL=/s/=.*/=https\:\/\/3006-${GITPOD_WORKSPACE_URL:8}/" .env
       sed -i~ "/^MINIO_URL=/s/=.*/=https\:\/\/9000-${GITPOD_WORKSPACE_URL:8}/" .env
       # sed -i~ "/^MINIO_ENDPOINT=/s/=.*/=9000-${GITPOD_WORKSPACE_URL:8}/" .env
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f55ea98c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+POSTGRES_USER=28f448d6b93682a5506057d00d8e2a4a
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=4a59d9a4f8b26b1a37b1307522dbee13
+DATABASE_USERNAME=e3adcb5f0ea9f9fabeef700dd1829062
+DATABASE_PASSWORD=adbbd84663d621d2c61a83511afbd586
+ES_JAVA_OPTS=b057fb1de7f0c4bfa9e3a47bfc5dddef
+FUSIONAUTH_APP_MEMORY=e71241e3fd129482f17b65bcb1b0f7de
+
+#minio
+MINIO_USERNAME=7f1db5d6334a96d5081c727ed2da6d03
+MINIO_PASSWORD=18c85b04e71af95de84748e10d8d6d03
+MINIO_BUCKETNAME=e8835e98375209168c08e2dc32df364e
+
+# central envs
+CENTRAL_USER_EMAIL=3d204f11c916fb6e167f2e6f172c4629
+CENTRAL_USER_PASS=7089838567ab798fdff495d6291c4d1c
+
+#enketo-express
+ENCRYPTION_KEY=fefb6f0e8c0db0baea77bfd18b871cfe
+LESS_SECURE_ENCRYPTION_KEY=ssssomestrongencrytionkey
+FORM_MANAGER_BASE_URI=337171cf623c9a6250b1304b6771fe5e
+
+# form manager
+FORM_MANAGER_URL=83627096dfc8e466f5431f35ecc91872
+MINIO_URL=725ca1bfe02f4aae2e5ebb72855337d4
+MINIO_ENDPOINT=42db748e6c2d0d957e23c39b7a74118c
+MINIO_PORT=9000
+REDIS_HOST=c7c2496d8b558ea659e674c57668f40f
+MINIO_USE_SSL=f3b8a3eb9cf0668f84bfdb024151879b
+REDIS_PORT=e8c8bc8523b3a9a67a9768d01f636a0e
+
+# TSDB 
+TSDB_POSTGRES_USER=bb6baf9253ebce19ce0f69197d4ce5t5
+TSDB_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=8bfe2ce98ba66be0093b9a5ca607cfc5
+
+# GQL
+HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_SECRET=myadminsecretkey
+HASURA_GRAPHQL_JWT_SECRET=529845d36519367203a8bbf5a0942ef4
+HASURA_GRAPHQL_DATABASE_URL=43034095d6066ab71c39d69d5b665d6a
+
+#react wrapper 
+# http://service-name is not going to work as we are building a static build
+# and serving it through nginx
+# use actual IP address instead
+REACT_APP_ENKETO_URL=8f0e9922895e7a99d644fbe19be3841b
+REACT_APP_FORM_MANAGER_URL=bcbb6baf9253ebce19ce0f69197d4ce5
+REACT_APP_HASURA_URL=91562e3d81f918b1c90d4ca3fb5a89e3