diff --git a/.env.development b/.env.development
index 2edaa9d124..3844bd5c93 100644
--- a/.env.development
+++ b/.env.development
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 URL=https://local.outline.dev:3000
 
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://user:pass@127.0.0.1:5432/outline
+REDIS_URL=redis://127.0.0.1:6379
+
 SMTP_FROM_EMAIL=hello@example.com
 
 # Enable unsafe-inline in script-src CSP directive