diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 25b81b1..5f06fe0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,11 +24,21 @@ RUN mkdir -p uploads vectordb .cache && chown -R appuser:appgroup uploads vector
 
 USER appuser
 
-ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
-    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
-    FLASK_ENV=production \
-    TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/app/.cache \
-    HF_HOME=/app/.cache
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+ENV FLASK_ENV=$FLASK_ENV
+ENV SECRET_KEY=$SECRET_KEY
+ENV AI_PROVIDER=$AI_PROVIDER
+ENV LM_STUDIO_URL=$LM_STUDIO_URL
+ENV LM_STUDIO_MODEL=$LM_STUDIO_MODEL
+ENV OPENAI_API_KEY=$OPENAI_API_KEY
+ENV OPENAI_MODEL=$OPENAI_MODEL
+ENV DATABASE_URI=$DATABASE_URI
+ENV RAG_TOP_K=$RAG_TOP_K
+ENV RAG_CHUNK_SIZE=$RAG_CHUNK_SIZE
+ENV RAG_CHUNK_OVERLAP=$RAG_CHUNK_OVERLAP
+ENV TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/app/.cache
+ENV HF_HOME=/app/.cache
 
 EXPOSE 5000
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ee19252..910dab8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     ports:
       - "5000:5000"
-    env_file:
-      - .env
     volumes:
       - uploads:/app/uploads
       - vectordb:/app/vectordb