diff --git a/docker-compose.override.yml b/docker-compose.override.yml
index 8d1bb96f2..d04249e8d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.override.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ services:
       - NODE_ENV="development"
       # - DEBUG=true
       - NUXT_BUILD=/tmp/nuxt # avoid file permission issues when `rm -rf .nuxt/`
+    env_file:
+      - ./webapp/.env
     volumes:
       # This makes sure the docker container has its own node modules.
       # Therefore it is possible to have a different node version on the host machine
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       - NODE_ENV="development"
       - DEBUG=true
+    env_file:
+      - ./backend/.env
     volumes:
       # This makes sure the docker container has its own node modules.
       # Therefore it is possible to have a different node version on the host machine
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 392447f61..2dc4f3c45 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ services:
       # Application only envs
       - HOST=0.0.0.0 # This is nuxt specific, alternative value is HOST=webapp
       - GRAPHQL_URI=http://backend:4000
-    env_file:
-      - ./webapp/.env
 
   ########################################################
   # BACKEND ##############################################
@@ -66,8 +64,6 @@ services:
       - NEO4J_URI=bolt://neo4j:7687
       - GRAPHQL_URI=http://backend:4000
       - CLIENT_URI=http://webapp:3000
-    env_file:
-      - ./backend/.env
 
   ########################################################
   # NEO4J ################################################