diff --git a/.env b/.env
index fb511c7..af14c9d 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
-BASEDIR=~
-ALFRESCO_DIR=${BASEDIR}/alfresco
+EXTERNAL_RESOURCE_DIR=~
+ALFRESCO_DIR=${EXTERNAL_RESOURCE_DIR}/alfresco
 ALFRESCO_LICENSE_DIR=${ALFRESCO_DIR}/license
+
+PROXY_PROTOCOL=http
+PROXY_HOST=localhost
+PROXY_PORT=8080
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 37f6f65..1d3fc89 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ services:
                 -Dsolr.host=search
                 -Dsolr.port=8983
                 -Dsolr.secureComms=none
-                -Dshare.host=localhost
-                -Dshare.port=8080
-                -Dalfresco.host=localhost
-                -Dalfresco.port=8080
+                -Dshare.host=${PROXY_HOST}
+                -Dshare.port=${PROXY_PORT}
+                -Dshare.protocol=${PROXY_PROTOCOL}
+                -Dalfresco.host=${PROXY_HOST}
+                -Dalfresco.port=${PROXY_PORT}
+                -Dalfresco.protocol=${PROXY_PROTOCOL}
                 -Daos.baseUrlOverwrite=http://localhost:8080/alfresco/aos
                 -Dmessaging.broker.url=\"failover:(nio://activemq:61616)?timeout=3000&jms.useCompression=true\"
                 -Ddeployment.method=DOCKER_COMPOSE
@@ -56,8 +58,9 @@ services:
         environment:
             REPO_HOST: "platform"
             JAVA_OPTS: "
-                -Dalfresco.host=localhost
-                -Dalfresco.port=8080
+                -Dalfresco.host=${PROXY_HOST}
+                -Dalfresco.port=${PROXY_PORT}
+                -Dalfresco.protocol=${PROXY_PROTOCOL}
                 "
         volumes:
             - "./alfresco-share/modules:/usr/local/tomcat/modules:ro"