diff --git a/docker/.env.example b/docker/.env.example
index 58549acba..f2e9dda0a 100644
--- a/docker/.env.example
+++ b/docker/.env.example
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ SURFSENSE_VERSION=latest
 # REQUIRED: Generate a secret key with: openssl rand -base64 32
 SECRET_KEY=replace_me_with_a_random_string
 
+# Auth type: LOCAL (email/password) or GOOGLE (OAuth)
+AUTH_TYPE=LOCAL
+
+# Allow new user registrations (TRUE or FALSE)
+# REGISTRATION_ENABLED=TRUE
+
+# Document parsing service: DOCLING, UNSTRUCTURED, or LLAMACLOUD
+ETL_SERVICE=DOCLING
+
+# Embedding model for vector search
+# Local: sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2
+# OpenAI: openai://text-embedding-ada-002 (set OPENAI_API_KEY below)
+# Cohere: cohere://embed-english-light-v3.0 (set COHERE_API_KEY below)
+EMBEDDING_MODEL=sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Ports (change to avoid conflicts with other services on your machine)
@@ -39,22 +53,6 @@ SECRET_KEY=replace_me_with_a_random_string
 # NEXT_PUBLIC_ELECTRIC_URL=https://electric.yourdomain.com
 
 
-# Auth type: LOCAL (email/password) or GOOGLE (OAuth)
-AUTH_TYPE=LOCAL
-
-# Allow new user registrations (TRUE or FALSE)
-# REGISTRATION_ENABLED=TRUE
-
-# Document parsing service: DOCLING, UNSTRUCTURED, or LLAMACLOUD
-ETL_SERVICE=DOCLING
-
-# Embedding model for vector search
-# Local: sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2
-# OpenAI: openai://text-embedding-ada-002 (set OPENAI_API_KEY below)
-# Cohere: cohere://embed-english-light-v3.0 (set COHERE_API_KEY below)
-EMBEDDING_MODEL=sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2
-
-
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Database (defaults work out of the box, change for security)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------