diff --git a/analytics-engine/.env.sample b/analytics-engine/.env.sample
index e70b1930b17f1900154b57fa616fdc16afda81fb..eec2cefdd882a43f5b325e1a3ea7928d648c44ea 100644
--- a/analytics-engine/.env.sample
+++ b/analytics-engine/.env.sample
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-DYNACONF_SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=postgresql://postgres:CHANGE_ME@database/analytics-engine
-DYNACONF_CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://:CHANGE_ME@redis_db:6379/0
-DYNACONF_CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND=redis://:CHANGE_ME@redis_db:6379/1
-DYNACONF_ANALYTICS_BACKEND_URL=http://scheduler:5000
-DYNACONF_RIGHTS_ENGINE_BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:80/
-WEBSITE=analytics
-URL=$DEPLOYMENT_URL
-REDIS_PASSWORD=CHANGE_ME
+DYNACONF_SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=postgresql://postgres:CHANGE_ME@database/analytics-engine # the password should match with POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+DYNACONF_CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://:CHANGE_ME@redis_db:6379/0 # the password should match with the REDIS_PASSWORD
+DYNACONF_CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND=redis://:CHANGE_ME@redis_db:6379/1 # the password should match with the REDIS_PASSWORD
+DYNACONF_ANALYTICS_BACKEND_URL=http://scheduler:5000 # no changes needed
+DYNACONF_RIGHTS_ENGINE_BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:80/ # url of the rights engine
+WEBSITE=analytics # traefik configuration 
+URL=$DEPLOYMENT_URL # traefik configuration
+REDIS_PASSWORD=CHANGE_ME 
 POSTGRES_USER=postgres
 POSTGRES_DATABASE=analytics-engine
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=CHANGE_ME