diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-compose-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-compose-validation.yml
index 1e296e0..78e09fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-compose-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-compose-validation.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Create .env files from examples
+        run: |
+          for f in $(find . -name "*.example" -not -path "./.git/*"); do
+            cp "$f" "${f%.example}"
+          done
+      
       - name: Validate Docker Compose file
         run: docker compose -f compose.yaml config
       - name: Check required metadata labels
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 73fc256..09ffd60 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,16 +68,29 @@ All architectural metadata must be prefixed with `dome.`, acting as our namespac
 
 To correctly configure the stack, you need to edit the following configuration files.
 
-Please take a look at the provided samples and customize them for your own environment.
+Please take a look at the provided examples and customize them for your own environment.
 
 Inside every file, you will details for the parameters that you should customize for your environment.
 
-- _**.env.desmos**_
-- _**.env.dlt-adapter**_
-- _**.secrets.desmos**_
-- _**Caddyfile**_
+- _**.env.desmos.example**_
+- _**.env.dlt-adapter.example**_
+- _**.secrets.desmos.example**_
+- _**Caddyfile.example**_
 
-Other env files should not be changed
+Other files should not be changed
+
+Please make a copy of the provided .example files before to customize them
+
+| source file | destination file |
+|-------------|------------------|
+| .env.desmos.example | .env.desmos |
+| .env.dlt-adapter-alastria.example | .env.dlt-adapter-alastria|
+| .secrets.desmos.example | .secrets.desmos |
+| .Caddyfile.example | .Caddyfile |
+
+Once you have the working files, you can customize them.
+
+You can also execure the script "setup.sh" to copy the working files from examples.
 
 
 ## Execution