diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+local.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/local.env.dist b/local.env.dist
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+AMQP_URL=amqp://guest:guest@localhost:32772/%2f/to_python_sign
+LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
+PKCS12_PATH=./assets/dummy.p12
+TIMESTAMP_URL=http://freetsa.org/tsr
+QUEUE_IN=to_python_sign
+EXCHANGE_OUT=signed_docs
+OUT_ROUTING_KEY=signed_doc