diff --git a/.emergent/emergent.yml b/.emergent/emergent.yml
index f10d590..aa265f5 100644
--- a/.emergent/emergent.yml
+++ b/.emergent/emergent.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "env_image_name": "fastapi_react_mongo_shadcn_base_image_cloud_arm:release-03032026-1",
   "job_id": "9e069d60-3427-465f-91df-8499645b62a7",
-  "created_at": "2026-05-06T04:06:51.253261+00:00Z"
+  "created_at": "2026-05-06T04:11:43.972418+00:00Z"
 }
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9c5cf07..a78c28f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -105,3 +105,12 @@ credentials.json
 *.key
 .credentials
 epic-travel-complete.zip
+-e 
+# Environment and credential files
+.env
+.env.*
+*.env
+credentials.json
+*.pem
+*.key
+.credentials