diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index 1804e81f1..6b5707e0d 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -47,10 +47,12 @@ DB_PROVIDER="sqlite"
 DB_NAME=cognee_db
 
 # Postgres specific parameters (Only if Postgres or PGVector is used). Do not use for cognee default simplest setup of SQLite-NetworkX-LanceDB
-# DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
-# DB_PORT=5432
 # DB_USERNAME=cognee
 # DB_PASSWORD=cognee
+# To use Postgres with the Cognee backend in Docker compose use the following instead: DB_HOST=host.docker.internal
+# DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
+# DB_PORT=5432
+
 
 
 # Params for migrating relational database data to graph / Cognee ( PostgreSQL and SQLite supported )