diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 78477d2..9d7c0e1 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
+# File path to store configurations for the API
 CONFIG_FILE_PATH=configuration.toml
-GITHUB_TOKEN=
+# Optional token for API calls to the backend
+BACKEND_API_TOKEN=
+# An option URL to the old API to proxy for migration purposes
+OLD_API_URL=
 
+# Database connection details
 DB_URL=jdbc:h2:./persistence/revanced-api
 DB_USER=
 DB_PASSWORD=
 
-JWT_SECRET=
-JWT_ISSUER=
-JWT_VALIDITY_IN_MIN=
-
+# Basic authentication to issue JWT tokens
 BASIC_USERNAME=
 BASIC_PASSWORD=
 
-OLD_API_URL=
\ No newline at end of file
+# JWT configuration for authenticated API endpoints
+JWT_SECRET=
+JWT_ISSUER=
+JWT_VALIDITY_IN_MIN=
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a300aea..8f403a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,5 +38,4 @@ out/
 ### Project ###
 .env
 persistence/
-configuration.toml
-.db
\ No newline at end of file
+configuration.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5a0c2a1..1dcd313 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,31 +1,19 @@
-FROM azul/zulu-openjdk:latest
+# Build the application
+FROM gradle:latest AS build
 
-ARG CONFIG_FILE_PATH
+ARG GITHUB_ACTOR
+ARG GITHUB_TOKEN
 
-ARG DB_URL
-ARG DB_USER
-ARG DB_PASSWORD
+ENV GITHUB_ACTOR $GITHUB_ACTOR
+ENV GITHUB_TOKEN $GITHUB_TOKEN
 
-ARG JWT_SECRET
-ARG JWT_ISSUER
-ARG JWT_VALIDITY_IN_MIN
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY . .
+RUN gradle publish --no-daemon
 
-ARG BASIC_USERNAME
-ARG BASIC_PASSWORD
+# Build the runtime container
+FROM eclipse-temurin:latest
 
-ENV CONFIG_FILE_PATH $CONFIG_FILE_PATH
-
-ENV DB_URL $DB_URL
-ENV DB_USER $DB_USER
-ENV DB_PASSWORD $DB_PASSWORD
-
-ENV JWT_SECRET $JWT_SECRET
-ENV JWT_ISSUER $JWT_ISSUER
-ENV JWT_VALIDITY_IN_MIN $JWT_VALIDITY_IN_MIN
-
-ENV BASIC_USERNAME $BASIC_USERNAME
-ENV BASIC_PASSWORD $BASIC_PASSWORD
-
-COPY build/libs/revanced-api-*.jar revanced-api.jar
-
-CMD java -jar revanced-api.jar start
\ No newline at end of file
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=build /app/build/libs/revanced-api-*.jar revanced-api.jar
+CMD java -jar revanced-api.jar $COMMAND
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 78d2377..95b9158 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,13 @@
-version: "3.8"
-
 services:
   revanced-api:
     container_name: revanced-api
     image: ghcr.io/revanced/revanced-api:latest
     volumes:
-      - /data/revanced-api/persistence:/persistence
-      - /data/revanced-api/configuration.toml:/configuration.toml
+      - /data/revanced-api/persistence:/app/persistence
+      - /data/revanced-api/.env:/app/.env
+      - /data/revanced-api/configuration.toml:/app/configuration.toml
     environment:
-      - CONFIG_FILE_PATH=configuration.toml
-      - GITHUB_TOKEN=
-      - DB_URL=jdbc:h2:./persistence/revanced-api
-      - DB_USER=
-      - DB_PASSWORD=
-      - JWT_SECRET=
-      - JWT_ISSUER=
-      - JWT_VALIDITY_IN_MIN=5
-      - BASIC_USERNAME=
-      - BASIC_PASSWORD=
+      - COMMAND=start
     ports:
-      - 127.0.0.1:8080:8000
+      - localhost:8080:8080
     restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/command/StartAPICommand.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/command/StartAPICommand.kt
index 88e6945..2e78e65 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/command/StartAPICommand.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/command/StartAPICommand.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ internal object StartAPICommand : Runnable {
         description = ["The host address to bind to."],
         showDefaultValue = CommandLine.Help.Visibility.ALWAYS,
     )
-    private var host: String = "0.0.0.0"
+    private var host: String = "127.0.0.1"
 
     @CommandLine.Option(
         names = ["-p", "--port"],
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/configuration/Dependencies.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/configuration/Dependencies.kt
index 8a60324..b4f6542 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/configuration/Dependencies.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/api/configuration/Dependencies.kt
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ import java.io.File
 fun Application.configureDependencies() {
     val globalModule = module {
         single {
-            Dotenv.configure()
-                .systemProperties()
-                .load()
+            Dotenv.configure().load()
         }
         factory { params ->
             val defaultRequestUri: String = params.get<String>()
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ fun Application.configureDependencies() {
                             )
                         }
 
-                        get<Dotenv>()["GITHUB_TOKEN"]?.let {
+                        get<Dotenv>()["BACKEND_API_TOKEN"]?.let {
                             install(Auth) {
                                 bearer {
                                     loadTokens {