diff --git a/app/docker-compose.dev.yml b/app/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 9c7ba1b..6c3f3e6 100644
--- a/app/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/app/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB}
       POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+    env_file:
+      - ~/git/docker/app/.env  # Neu: Separate Env-File für Prod          
     ports:
       - "5432:5432"
     networks:
diff --git a/app/docker-compose.prod.yml b/app/docker-compose.prod.yml
index 5fa4926..4289e1b 100644
--- a/app/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/app/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB}
       POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+    env_file:
+      - ~/git/docker/app/.env.prod  # Neu: Separate Env-File für Prod      
     ports:
       - "5433:5432"  # Neu: Host-Port 5433, Container-Port bleibt 5432
     networks:
diff --git a/app/docker-compose.yml b/app/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d4f6157..0000000
--- a/app/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-services:
-
-  postgres:
-      container_name: bizmatchdb
-      image: postgres:latest
-      restart: always
-      volumes:
-        - ${PWD}/bizmatchdb-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-      environment:
-        POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB}
-        POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
-        POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
-      ports:
-        - "5432:5432"
-      networks:
-        - bizmatch
-
-networks:
-  bizmatch:
-    external: true
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