diff --git a/.templates/00-global_var.sh b/.templates/00-global_var.sh
index 73159b953..dcb60d392 100755
--- a/.templates/00-global_var.sh
+++ b/.templates/00-global_var.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ bashio::log.notice "Additional informations : https://github.com/alexbelgium/has
 echo ""
 
 JSONSOURCE="/data/options.json"
+ENV_FILE="/.env"
+
+if [[ ! -f "$ENV_FILE" ]]; then
+    printf '# Generated by 00-global_var.sh from %s\n' "$JSONSOURCE" > "$ENV_FILE"
+fi
 
 # Define secrets location (optional)
 SECRETSOURCE=""
@@ -233,7 +238,7 @@ export_option() {
         printf '%s' "${value}" > "/var/run/s6/container_environment/${key}"
     fi
 
-    echo "${key}=$(dotenv_quote "$value")" >> "/.env" 2>/dev/null || true
+    echo "${key}=$(dotenv_quote "$value")" >> "$ENV_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true
     mkdir -p /etc
     echo "${key}=$(dotenv_quote "$value")" >> /etc/environment 2>/dev/null || true
 
diff --git a/.templates/01-config_yaml.sh b/.templates/01-config_yaml.sh
index 646209562..9cff28cd0 100755
--- a/.templates/01-config_yaml.sh
+++ b/.templates/01-config_yaml.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ if [[ "$CONFIGSOURCE" != *".yaml" ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+ENV_FILE="/.env"
+if [[ ! -f "$ENV_FILE" ]]; then
+    printf '# Generated by 01-config_yaml.sh from %s\n' "$CONFIGSOURCE" > "$ENV_FILE"
+fi
+
 # Permissions only if the config file already exists
 if [[ "$CONFIGSOURCE" == *".yaml" ]] && [ -f "$CONFIGSOURCE" ]; then
     echo "Setting permissions for the config.yaml directory"
@@ -174,7 +179,7 @@ while IFS= read -r line; do
             python3 /env.py
         fi
         # set .env
-        echo "$line" >> /.env
+        echo "$line" >> "$ENV_FILE"
         # set environment
         mkdir -p /etc
         echo "$line" >> /etc/environment