diff --git a/searxng/.env b/searxng/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27e6f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searxng/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# By default listen on https://localhost
+# To change this:
+# * uncomment SEARXNG_HOSTNAME, and replace <host> by the SearXNG hostname
+# * uncomment LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL, and replace <email> by your email (require to create a Let's Encrypt certificate)
+
+SEARXNG_HOSTNAME=search.example.com
+# LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=<email>
+
+# Optional:
+# If you run a very small or a very large instance, you might want to change the amount of used uwsgi workers and threads per worker
+# More workers (= processes) means that more search requests can be handled at the same time, but it also causes more resource usage
+
+# SEARXNG_UWSGI_WORKERS=4
+# SEARXNG_UWSGI_THREADS=4
\ No newline at end of file