diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/appsettings.Development.json b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/appsettings.Development.json
index 3756182e4..3023d196f 100644
--- a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+// Used only for managing EF migrations. All other configuration is done via environment variables.
+
 {
-    "ConnectionStrings": {
-        "DirectoryConnection": "Server=directory-db;Database=filterlists;User Id=filterlists;Password=filterlists;"
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  "ConnectionStrings": {
+    "DirectoryConnection": "Server=directory-db;Database=filterlists;User Id=filterlists;Password=filterlists;"
+  }
+}