diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48b2b1cdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+SECRET="ch4n63m31fy0uc4n"
+LOCALE=en
+
+SERVER_NAME="Your wallabag instance"
+DOMAIN_NAME=http://127.0.0.1:8000
+
+DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///%kernel.project_dir%/data/db/wallabag.sqlite?charset=utf8
+#DATABASE_URL=mysql://root:wallaroot@mariadb:3306/wallabag?charset=utf8mb4
+#DATABASE_URL=postgres://wallabag:wallapass@postgres:5432/wallabag?charset=utf8
+DATABASE_TABLE_PREFIX=wallabag_
+
+FOSUSER_REGISTRATION=false
+FOSUSER_CONFIRMATION=true
+
+FOS_OAUTH_SERVER_ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME=3600
+FOS_OAUTH_SERVER_REFRESH_TOKEN_LIFETIME=1209600
+TWOFACTOR_SENDER=no-reply@wallabag.org
+
+MAILER_DSN=smtp://127.0.0.1
+FROM_EMAIL=wallabag@example.com
+
+RABBITMQ_HOST=rabbitmq
+RABBITMQ_PORT=5672
+RABBITMQ_USER=guest
+RABBITMQ_PASSWORD=guest
+
+REDIS_SCHEME=tcp
+REDIS_HOST=redis
+REDIS_PORT=6379
+REDIS_PATH=
+REDIS_PASSWORD=
+RABBITMQ_PREFETCH_COUNT=10
+
+SENTRY_DSN=
diff --git a/bin/console b/bin/console
index c480603e1..4220603b1 100755
--- a/bin/console
+++ b/bin/console
@@ -3,25 +3,40 @@
 
 use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Console\Application;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput;
+use Symfony\Component\Dotenv\Dotenv;
 use Symfony\Component\ErrorHandler\Debug;
 
-// if you don't want to setup permissions the proper way, just uncomment the following PHP line
-// read https://symfony.com/doc/current/setup.html#checking-symfony-application-configuration-and-setup
-// for more information
-//umask(0000);
+if (!in_array(PHP_SAPI, ['cli', 'phpdbg', 'embed'], true)) {
+    echo 'Warning: The console should be invoked via the CLI version of PHP, not the '.PHP_SAPI.' SAPI'.PHP_EOL;
+}
 
 set_time_limit(0);
 
-require __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
+require dirname(__DIR__).'/vendor/autoload.php';
 
-$input = new ArgvInput();
-$env = $input->getParameterOption(['--env', '-e'], getenv('SYMFONY_ENV') ?: 'dev', true);
-$debug = getenv('SYMFONY_DEBUG') !== '0' && !$input->hasParameterOption('--no-debug', true) && $env !== 'prod';
-
-if ($debug) {
-    Debug::enable();
+if (!class_exists(Application::class) || !class_exists(Dotenv::class)) {
+    throw new LogicException('You need to add "symfony/framework-bundle" and "symfony/dotenv" as Composer dependencies.');
 }
 
-$kernel = new AppKernel($env, $debug);
+$input = new ArgvInput();
+if (null !== $env = $input->getParameterOption(['--env', '-e'], null, true)) {
+    putenv('APP_ENV='.$_SERVER['APP_ENV'] = $_ENV['APP_ENV'] = $env);
+}
+
+if ($input->hasParameterOption('--no-debug', true)) {
+    putenv('APP_DEBUG='.$_SERVER['APP_DEBUG'] = $_ENV['APP_DEBUG'] = '0');
+}
+
+(new Dotenv())->bootEnv(dirname(__DIR__).'/.env');
+
+if ($_SERVER['APP_DEBUG']) {
+    umask(0000);
+
+    if (class_exists(Debug::class)) {
+        Debug::enable();
+    }
+}
+
+$kernel = new AppKernel($_SERVER['APP_ENV'], (bool) $_SERVER['APP_DEBUG']);
 $application = new Application($kernel);
 $application->run($input);
diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
index a40fd7fee..4ba67d281 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <php>
     <ini name="error_reporting" value="-1"/>
     <server name="KERNEL_CLASS" value="AppKernel"/>
-    <server name="APP_ENV" value="test"/>
+    <server name="APP_ENV" value="test" force="true"/>
     <server name="APP_DEBUG" value="0"/>
     <env name="SYMFONY_DEPRECATIONS_HELPER" value="weak"/>
   </php>
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
index fad77b3bb..ec499e475 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 <?php
 
+use Symfony\Component\Dotenv\Dotenv;
 use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
 
 require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
+(new Dotenv())->bootEnv(dirname(__DIR__) . '/.env');
+
 (new Filesystem())->remove(__DIR__ . '/../var/cache/test');
 
 if (!isPartialRun()) {
diff --git a/web/app.php b/web/app.php
index 3427e133e..71a628bfd 100644
--- a/web/app.php
+++ b/web/app.php
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 <?php
 
+use Symfony\Component\Dotenv\Dotenv;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 
 require __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-$kernel = new AppKernel('prod', false);
+putenv('APP_ENV=' . $_SERVER['APP_ENV'] = $_ENV['APP_ENV'] = 'prod');
+putenv('APP_DEBUG=' . $_SERVER['APP_DEBUG'] = $_ENV['APP_DEBUG'] = '0');
+
+(new Dotenv())->bootEnv(dirname(__DIR__) . '/.env');
+
+$kernel = new AppKernel($_SERVER['APP_ENV'], (bool )$_SERVER['APP_DEBUG']);
 //$kernel = new AppCache($kernel);
 
 // When using the HttpCache, you need to call the method in your front controller instead of relying on the configuration parameter
diff --git a/web/app_dev.php b/web/app_dev.php
index d3b01d8e8..2e7e0ed5e 100644
--- a/web/app_dev.php
+++ b/web/app_dev.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
+use Symfony\Component\Dotenv\Dotenv;
 use Symfony\Component\ErrorHandler\Debug;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 
@@ -19,9 +20,15 @@ if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'])
 }
 
 require __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+putenv('APP_ENV=' . $_SERVER['APP_ENV'] = $_ENV['APP_ENV'] = 'dev');
+putenv('APP_DEBUG=' . $_SERVER['APP_DEBUG'] = $_ENV['APP_DEBUG'] = '1');
+
+(new Dotenv())->bootEnv(dirname(__DIR__) . '/.env');
+
 Debug::enable();
 
-$kernel = new AppKernel('dev', true);
+$kernel = new AppKernel($_SERVER['APP_ENV'], (bool) $_SERVER['APP_DEBUG']);
 $request = Request::createFromGlobals();
 $response = $kernel->handle($request);
 $response->send();