diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8104c7272..1e8361fd2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ ARG OLLAMA_API_BASE_URL='/ollama/api'
 
 ENV ENV=prod
 ENV OLLAMA_API_BASE_URL $OLLAMA_API_BASE_URL
+ENV WEBUI_AUTH ""
+ENV WEBUI_DB_URL ""
+ENV WEBUI_JWT_SECRET_KEY "SECRET_KEY"
 
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=build /app/build /app/build
diff --git a/backend/config.py b/backend/config.py
index d19ebdbd0..dd1c0b617 100644
--- a/backend/config.py
+++ b/backend/config.py
@@ -55,7 +55,3 @@ if WEBUI_AUTH:
     ####################################
 
     WEBUI_JWT_SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get("WEBUI_JWT_SECRET_KEY", "t0p-s3cr3t")
-
-    if ENV == "prod":
-        if WEBUI_JWT_SECRET_KEY == "":
-            WEBUI_JWT_SECRET_KEY = str(b64encode(token_bytes(32)).decode())
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index 43aaf96e5..aa66d6540 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ services:
       - 3000:8080
     environment:
       - "OLLAMA_API_BASE_URL=http://ollama:11434/api"
-      - "WEBUI_DB_URL=mongodb://root:example@ollama-webui-db:27017/"
       - "WEBUI_AUTH=TRUE"
+      - "WEBUI_DB_URL=mongodb://root:example@ollama-webui-db:27017/"
+      - "WEBUI_JWT_SECRET_KEY=SECRET_KEY"
     extra_hosts:
       - host.docker.internal:host-gateway
     restart: unless-stopped