diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 294de3c..4b63955 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ data/
 .ruff_cache/
 .env
 sqlite-db/
-temp/
\ No newline at end of file
+temp/
+google-credentials.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 3363878..787de5b 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ OPENAI_API_KEY=
 # EXAMPLE - anthropic/claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620
 ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=
 
+# VERTEXAI
+# USE MODEL NAMES AS "vertexai/<modelname>"
+# EXAMPLE - vertexai/gemini-1.5-pro-001
+VERTEX_PROJECT=my-google-cloud-project-name
+GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=./google-credentials.json
+
 # OLLAMA
 # USE MODEL NAMES AS "ollama/<modelname>"
 # EXAMPLE - ollama/gemma2
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b821613..5b58e7b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ __pycache__/
 *.so
 todo.md
 temp/
-
+google-credentials.json
 # Distribution / packaging
 .Python
 build/