diff --git a/.emergent/emergent.yml b/.emergent/emergent.yml
index 235edfc..a3b8e8e 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": "2026-05-06T04:23:48.901588+00:00Z"
+  "created_at": "2026-05-06T04:37:24.602257+00:00Z"
 }
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eb7afc1..59baf48 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -133,3 +133,12 @@ credentials.json
 *.key
 .credentials
 frontend/public/epic-travel-complete.zip
+-e 
+# Environment and credential files
+.env
+.env.*
+*.env
+credentials.json
+*.pem
+*.key
+.credentials