diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
deleted file mode 100644
index e7ddc9b2..00000000
--- a/.env.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-NUM_WORKERS_PER_QUEUE=8
-OPENAI_API_KEY=
-SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=
-SERPER_API_KEY=
-LLAMAPARSE_API_KEY=
-LOGTAIL_KEY=
-BULL_AUTH_KEY=
-TEST_API_KEY=
-POSTHOG_API_KEY=
-POSTHOG_HOST=
-SUPABASE_ANON_TOKEN=
-SUPABASE_URL=
-SUPABASE_SERVICE_TOKEN=
-SCRAPING_BEE_API_KEY=
-USE_DB_AUTHENTICATION=false
diff --git a/SELF_HOST.md b/SELF_HOST.md
index 0deb543f..a695f848 100644
--- a/SELF_HOST.md
+++ b/SELF_HOST.md
@@ -1,36 +1,17 @@
 # Self-hosting Firecrawl
 
-First, clone this repository and copy `.env.example` to `.env`.
+## Getting Started
+
+First, clone this repository and copy the example env file from api folder `.env.example` to `.env`.
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/mendableai/firecrawl.git
 cd firecrawl
-cp .env.example .env
+cp ./apps/api/.env.example ./.env
 ```
 
-Then, edit the .env.example to have the correct values for your environment.
-```
-## To turn on DB authentication, you need to set up supabase.
+For running the simplest version of FireCrawl, edit the `USE_DB_AUTHENTICATION` on `.env` to not use the database authentication.
+```yml
 USE_DB_AUTHENTICATION=false
-
-# ===== Optional ENVS ======
-
-# Supabase Setup (used to support DB authentication, advanced logging, etc.)
-SUPABASE_ANON_TOKEN=
-SUPABASE_URL=
-SUPABASE_SERVICE_TOKEN=
-
-# Other Optionals
-TEST_API_KEY= # use if you've set up authentication and want to test with a real API key
-SCRAPING_BEE_API_KEY= #Set if you'd like to use scraping Be to handle JS blocking
-OPENAI_API_KEY= # add for LLM dependednt features (image alt generation, etc.)
-BULL_AUTH_KEY= #
-LOGTAIL_KEY= # Use if you're configuring basic logging with logtail
-PLAYWRIGHT_MICROSERVICE_URL=  # set if you'd like to run a playwright fallback
-LLAMAPARSE_API_KEY= #Set if you have a llamaparse key you'd like to use to parse pdfs
-SERPER_API_KEY= #Set if you have a serper key you'd like to use as a search api
-SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL= # set if you'd like to send slack server health status messages
-POSTHOG_API_KEY= # set if you'd like to send posthog events like job logs
-POSTHOG_HOST= # set if you'd like to send posthog events like job logs
 ```
 
 Once that's complete, you can simply run the following commands to get started:
diff --git a/apps/api/.env.example b/apps/api/.env.example
index b025326e..55271ec0 100644
--- a/apps/api/.env.example
+++ b/apps/api/.env.example
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ NUM_WORKERS_PER_QUEUE=8
 PORT=3002
 HOST=0.0.0.0
 REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379
+PLAYWRIGHT_MICROSERVICE_URL=http://playwright-service:3000
 
 ## To turn on DB authentication, you need to set up supabase.
 USE_DB_AUTHENTICATION=true
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ SCRAPING_BEE_API_KEY= #Set if you'd like to use scraping Be to handle JS blockin
 OPENAI_API_KEY= # add for LLM dependednt features (image alt generation, etc.)
 BULL_AUTH_KEY= #
 LOGTAIL_KEY= # Use if you're configuring basic logging with logtail
-PLAYWRIGHT_MICROSERVICE_URL=  # set if you'd like to run a playwright fallback
 LLAMAPARSE_API_KEY= #Set if you have a llamaparse key you'd like to use to parse pdfs
 SERPER_API_KEY= #Set if you have a serper key you'd like to use as a search api
 SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL= # set if you'd like to send slack server health status messages
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index c65de3f2..af6921cf 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ services:
   api:
     build: apps/api
     environment:
-      - REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379
-      - PLAYWRIGHT_SERVICE_URL=http://playwright-service:3000
+      - REDIS_URL=${REDIS_URL}
+      - PLAYWRIGHT_MICROSERVICE_URL=${PLAYWRIGHT_MICROSERVICE_URL}
       - USE_DB_AUTHENTICATION=${USE_DB_AUTHENTICATION}
-      - PORT=3002
+      - PORT=${PORT}
       - NUM_WORKERS_PER_QUEUE=${NUM_WORKERS_PER_QUEUE}
       - OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY}
       - SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=${SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL}
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ services:
       - SUPABASE_URL=${SUPABASE_URL}
       - SUPABASE_SERVICE_TOKEN=${SUPABASE_SERVICE_TOKEN}
       - SCRAPING_BEE_API_KEY=${SCRAPING_BEE_API_KEY}
-      - HOST=0.0.0.0
+      - HOST=${HOST}
     depends_on:
       - redis
       - playwright-service
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ services:
   worker:
     build: apps/api
     environment:
-      - REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379
-      - PLAYWRIGHT_SERVICE_URL=http://playwright-service:3000
+      - REDIS_URL=${REDIS_URL}
+      - PLAYWRIGHT_MICROSERVICE_URL=${PLAYWRIGHT_MICROSERVICE_URL}
       - USE_DB_AUTHENTICATION=${USE_DB_AUTHENTICATION}
-      - PORT=3002
+      - PORT=${PORT}
       - NUM_WORKERS_PER_QUEUE=${NUM_WORKERS_PER_QUEUE}
       - OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY}
       - SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=${SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL}
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ services:
       - SUPABASE_URL=${SUPABASE_URL}
       - SUPABASE_SERVICE_TOKEN=${SUPABASE_SERVICE_TOKEN}
       - SCRAPING_BEE_API_KEY=${SCRAPING_BEE_API_KEY}
+      - HOST=${HOST}
     depends_on:
       - redis
       - playwright-service
+      - api