diff --git a/mcp_server/docker/docker-compose-falkordb.yml b/mcp_server/docker/docker-compose-falkordb.yml
index 3ad06ac0..ce0be322 100644
--- a/mcp_server/docker/docker-compose-falkordb.yml
+++ b/mcp_server/docker/docker-compose-falkordb.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ services:
       context: ..
       dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
     env_file:
-      - path: .env
+      - path: ../.env
         required: false # Makes the file optional. Default value is 'true'
     depends_on:
       falkordb:
diff --git a/mcp_server/docker/docker-compose-neo4j.yml b/mcp_server/docker/docker-compose-neo4j.yml
index 34e5fd3b..aed5ee24 100644
--- a/mcp_server/docker/docker-compose-neo4j.yml
+++ b/mcp_server/docker/docker-compose-neo4j.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ services:
       context: ..
       dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
     env_file:
-      - path: .env
+      - path: ../.env
         required: false # Makes the file optional. Default value is 'true'
     depends_on:
       neo4j:
diff --git a/mcp_server/docker/docker-compose.yml b/mcp_server/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 00ecc837..d6d497c0 100644
--- a/mcp_server/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/mcp_server/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services:
       context: ..
       dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
     env_file:
-      - path: .env
+      - path: ../.env
         required: false # Makes the file optional. Default value is 'true'
     environment:
       # Database configuration for KuzuDB - using persistent storage