diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 46ac61f93f0e594c9aff1c22bcd9db650017ebf4..446fbe1af080f42d761fdb6239049e708428d2bd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ apps/blog/test.env
 stack/certs/cert.pem
 stack/certs/key.pem
 Close
+docker/.env
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
index 6cf7917e0147755e1620ce68e520aee0f471fd35..57b46adbca65be7a278a25b7fa170072285ceb67 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -123,9 +123,17 @@ export BLOG_ENV_FILE
 export WALLET_ENV_FILE
 
 cd "$COMPOSE_DIR"
+
+# Write .env for subsequent docker compose commands (ps, logs, etc.)
+cat > .env <<ENVEOF
+VERSION=$VERSION
+BLOG_ENV_FILE=$BLOG_ENV_FILE
+WALLET_ENV_FILE=$WALLET_ENV_FILE
+ENVEOF
+
 docker compose up -d --wait --wait-timeout 120
 
 echo ""
 echo "Deployment complete. All services healthy."
-echo "Check status with: docker ps"
-echo "Check logs with: docker logs docker-denser-blog-1"
+echo "Check status with: docker compose ps  (or: docker ps)"
+echo "Check logs with:   docker compose logs  (or: docker logs docker-denser-blog-1)"