diff --git a/.env.pg b/.env.pg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..488ca00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.pg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# this is for the backup cron job, NOT for the docker-compose.yml
+
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$(< $HOME/git/.pg.pw)
+POSTGRES_USER=gitea
+POSTGRES_DB=gitea
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a85f069..23160c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 db/
 config/
 data/
+backup-pgdump.sql