diff --git a/quickstart/docker/docker-compose.yml b/quickstart/docker/docker-compose.yml
index c4d3631ac..65d3b830a 100644
--- a/quickstart/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/quickstart/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ services:
   ziti-controller:
     image: "${ZITI_IMAGE}:${ZITI_VERSION}"
     env_file:
-      - ./default.env
+      - ./.env
     ports:
       - "1280:1280"
     networks:
diff --git a/quickstart/docker/simplified-docker-compose.yml b/quickstart/docker/simplified-docker-compose.yml
index 7646adef9..5fbbe7ada 100644
--- a/quickstart/docker/simplified-docker-compose.yml
+++ b/quickstart/docker/simplified-docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ services:
   ziti-controller:
     image: "${ZITI_IMAGE}:${ZITI_VERSION}"
     env_file:
-      - ./default.env
+      - ./.env
     ports:
       - "1280:1280"
     networks: