diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ea8d373..2fd5d7d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ apps_config := $(config_dir)apps.config
 
 # .dirstamp plus && $@ is like make magic to get this rule
 # to only run if the contents of all-apps changes
-app/.dirstamp: all-apps/app.service all-apps/docker-compose.yaml \
+app/.dirstamp: all-apps/app.service all-apps/docker-compose.yaml all-apps/.env \
 $(wildcard all-apps/lb/*) \
 $(wildcard all-apps/nextcloud/*) \
 $(wildcard all-apps/wg-easy/*) \