diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5c6fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+VITE_API_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8000
+FRONTEND_ORIGIN=http://localhost:5173
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ddd76fb..0000000
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"version": "2.0.0",
-	"tasks": [
-		{
-			"label": "noop",
-			"type": "shell",
-			"command": "echo",
-			"args": [
-				"noop"
-			]
-		}
-	]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/app/main.py b/backend/app/main.py
index 84acc7b..36c5338 100644
--- a/backend/app/main.py
+++ b/backend/app/main.py
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ def normalize_text(text: str) -> str:
 @lru_cache(maxsize=1)
 def load_taxonomy() -> dict:
     root_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
-    tax_path = root_dir / "data" / "iso" / "iso-14244-tax.json"
+    tax_path = root_dir / "data" / "iso-14244-tax.json"
     if not tax_path.exists():
-        tax_path = Path("/data/iso/iso-14244-tax.json")
+        tax_path = Path("/data/iso-14244-tax.json")
     with tax_path.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
         return json.load(handle)
 
diff --git a/data/iso/iso-14244-tax.json b/backend/data/iso-14244-tax.json
similarity index 100%
rename from data/iso/iso-14244-tax.json
rename to backend/data/iso-14244-tax.json
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 45f3479..1e99885 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ services:
       - "8000:8000"
     volumes:
       - ./backend:/app
-      - ./data:/app/data
-    environment:
-      - FRONTEND_ORIGIN=http://localhost:5173
+    env_file:
+      - ./.env
     command: poetry run uvicorn app.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --reload
 
   frontend:
@@ -17,8 +16,8 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./frontend:/app
       - /app/node_modules
-    environment:
-      - VITE_API_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8000
+    env_file:
+      - ./.env
     command: pnpm dev --host 0.0.0.0 --port 5173
     depends_on:
       - backend
diff --git a/frontend/vite.config.ts b/frontend/vite.config.ts
index 77a11e3..3846862 100644
--- a/frontend/vite.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { defineConfig } from "vite";
+import path from "path";
 import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react";
 
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [react()],
+  envDir: path.resolve(__dirname, ".."),
   server: {
     host: true,
     port: 5173,