diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e1710ed..5b54ef1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ It was released by [Blindside Networks](https://blindsidenetworks.com/) under th
 
 The full source code is available on GitHub and pre-built docker images can be found on [DockerHub](https://hub.docker.com/r/blindsidenetwks/scalelite).
 
-Scaleite itself is a ruby on rails application. 
+Scaleite itself is a ruby on rails application.
 
 For its deployment it is required some experience with bigbluebutton and scalelite itself, and all the tools and components used as part of the stack such as redis, postgres, nginx, docker and docker-compose, as well as ubuntu and AWS infrastructure.
 
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ Create a new .env file based on the dotenv file included.
 
 ```
 cp dotenv .env
+
+sed -e '/SECRET_KEY_BASE=/ s/^${openssl rand -hex 64}*/#/' -i .env
+
+sed -i 's/SECRET_KEY_BASE=.*/SECRET_KEY_BASE=[${openssl rand -hex 64}]/' .env
+
 ```
 
 Most required variables are pre-set by default, the ones that must be set before starting are:
@@ -43,3 +48,8 @@ URL_HOST=
 NGINX_SSL=
 ```
 
+Also, when using the `init-letsencrypt.sh` script, you should add the email.
+
+```
+LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=
+```
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b76cd5c..963ad2c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     volumes:
       - ./log/recordings/:/var/log/nginx
-      - ${SCALELITE_RECORDING_DIR-/mnt/scalelite-recordings/var/bigbluebutton}/published:/var/bigbluebutton/published
+      - ${SCALELITE_RECORDING_DIR:-/mnt/scalelite-recordings/var/bigbluebutton}/published:/var/bigbluebutton/published
     depends_on:
       - scalelite-api
 
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ services:
     environment:
       - REDIS_URL=${REDIS_URL:-redis://redis:6379}
       - DATABASE_URL=${DATABASE_URL:-postgres://postgres:password@postgres:5432/scalelite?pool=5}
-      - RECORDING_DISABLED=${RECORDING_DISABLED-false}
-      - SERVER_ID_IS_HOSTNAME=${SERVER_ID_IS_HOSTNAME-false}
-      - RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT=${RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT}
+      - RECORDING_DISABLED=${RECORDING_DISABLED:-false}
+      - SERVER_ID_IS_HOSTNAME=${SERVER_ID_IS_HOSTNAME:-false}
+      - RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT=${RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT:-false}
     volumes:
       - ./log/scalelite-api/:/srv/scalelite/log/
-      - ${SCALELITE_RECORDING_DIR-/mnt/scalelite-recordings/var/bigbluebutton}:/var/bigbluebutton
+      - ${SCALELITE_RECORDING_DIR:-/mnt/scalelite-recordings/var/bigbluebutton}:/var/bigbluebutton
     depends_on:
       - postgres
       - redis
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ services:
       - .env
     environment:
       - REDIS_URL=${REDIS_URL:-redis://redis:6379}
-      - SERVER_ID_IS_HOSTNAME=${SERVER_ID_IS_HOSTNAME-false}
-      - RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT=${RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT}
+      - SERVER_ID_IS_HOSTNAME=${SERVER_ID_IS_HOSTNAME:-false}
+      - RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT=${RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT:-false}
     volumes:
       - ./log/scalelite-poller/:/app/log
     command: /bin/sh -c "bin/start-poller"
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ services:
     environment:
       - DATABASE_URL=${DATABASE_URL:-postgres://postgres:password@postgres:5432/scalelite?pool=5}
       - RECORDING_DISABLED=false
-      - RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT=${RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT}
+      - RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT=${RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT:-false}
     volumes:
       - ./log/scalelite-recording-importer/:/app/log
-      - ${SCALELITE_RECORDING_DIR-/mnt/scalelite-recordings/var/bigbluebutton}:/var/bigbluebutton
-      - ${SCALELITE_RECORDING_DIR-/mnt/scalelite-recordings/var/bigbluebutton}/spool:/var/bigbluebutton/spool
+      - ${SCALELITE_RECORDING_DIR:-/mnt/scalelite-recordings/var/bigbluebutton}:/var/bigbluebutton
+      - ${SCALELITE_RECORDING_DIR:-/mnt/scalelite-recordings/var/bigbluebutton}/spool:/var/bigbluebutton/spool
     command: /bin/sh -c "bin/start-recording-importer"
     depends_on:
       - scalelite-api
diff --git a/dotenv b/dotenv
index a25d1fa..1d1a040 100644
--- a/dotenv
+++ b/dotenv
@@ -45,8 +45,15 @@ SCALELITE_RECORDINGS_DOCKER_IMAGE=bigbluebutton/bbb-playback-proxy:bionic-230-am
 # DOCKER_VOL_REDIS_DATA=~/scalelite-run/data/redis
 #
 ### Optional for development when using different profiles
-#DOCKER_PROXY_NGINX_TEMPLATE=scalelite-proxy
-DOCKER_PROXY_NGINX_TEMPLATE=scalelite-proxy-protected
-#DOCKER_PROXY_NGINX_TEMPLATE=scalelite-local
-#DOCKER_PROXY_NGINX_TEMPLATE=scalelite-local-protected
-#DOCKER_PROXY_NGINX_TEMPLATE=scalelite-cluster
+# DOCKER_PROXY_NGINX_TEMPLATE=scalelite-proxy
+# Examples:
+#   scalelite-proxy <default>
+#   scalelite-proxy-protected
+#   scalelite-local
+#   scalelite-local-protected
+#   scalelite-cluster
+
+### Optional for the deployment, but required when using init-letsencrypt.sh script
+# LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=
+# LETSENCRYPT_STAGING=0
+#   Set to 1 if you're testing your setup to avoid hitting request limits
diff --git a/dotenv-dev b/dotenv-dev
deleted file mode 100644
index a22d1b9..0000000
--- a/dotenv-dev
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-SECRET_KEY_BASE=secret
-LOADBALANCER_SECRET=secret
-URL_HOST=sl.example.com
-
-SCALELITE_DOCKER_IMAGE=blindsidenetwks/master:v1.0
-SCALELITE_RECORDINGS_DOCKER_IMAGE=bigbluebutton/bbb-playback-proxy:bionic-230-amazonlinux
-
-DB_DISABLED: "false"
-POLL_INTERVAL: "60"
-RECORDING_DISABLED: "false"
-RECORDING_IMPORT_POLL: "true"
-RECORDING_IMPORT_POLL_INTERVAL: "60"
-
-DOCKER_VOL_SCALELITE_API=/home/ubuntu/scalelite-run/data/scalelite
-DOCKER_VOL_POSTGRES_DATA=/home/ubuntu/scalelite-run/data/postgres
-DOCKER_VOL_REDIS_DATA=/home/ubuntu/scalelite-run/data/redis
-
-DOCKER_PROXY_NGINX_TEMPLATE=scalelite-proxy
-#DOCKER_PROXY_NGINX_TEMPLATE=scalelite-proxy-protected
-#DOCKER_PROXY_NGINX_TEMPLATE=scalelite-local
-#DOCKER_PROXY_NGINX_TEMPLATE=scalelite-local-protected
-#DOCKER_PROXY_NGINX_TEMPLATE=scalelite-cluster
diff --git a/init-letsencrypt.sh b/init-letsencrypt.sh
index 513698d..302491d 100755
--- a/init-letsencrypt.sh
+++ b/init-letsencrypt.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ if [[ ! -f ./.env ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+# Local .env
+if [ -f .env ]; then
+    # Load Environment Variables
+    export $(cat .env | grep -v '#' | sed 's/\r$//' | awk '/=/ {print $1}' )
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "$LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL" ]]; then
+  echo "Settung up an email for letsencrypt certificates is strongly recommended."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 usage() {
   echo -e "Initializes letsencrypt certificates for Nginx proxy container\n"
   echo -e "Usage: $0 [-z|-r|-h]\n"
@@ -33,18 +44,13 @@ do
     esac
 done
 
-URL_HOST=$(grep URL_HOST .env | cut -d '=' -f2)
 echo $URL_HOST
-NGINX_CONTAINER_NAME=$(grep DOCKER_PROXY_NGINX_TEMPLATE .env | cut -d '=' -f2)
-if [[ -z "$NGINX_CONTAINER_NAME" ]]; then
-  NGINX_CONTAINER_NAME=scalelite-proxy
-fi
 
 domains=($URL_HOST)
 rsa_key_size=4096
 data_path="./data/certbot"
-email="$LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL" # Adding a valid address is strongly recommended
-staging=${LETSENCRYPT_STAGING:-0} # Set to 1 if you're testing your setup to avoid hitting request limits
+email="$LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL" # Adding a valid address is strongly recommended.
+staging=${LETSENCRYPT_STAGING:-0}
 
 if [ -d "$data_path" ] && [ "$replaceExisting" -eq 0 ]; then
     if [ "$interactive" -eq 0 ]; then
@@ -76,9 +82,8 @@ docker-compose run --rm --entrypoint "\
     -subj '/CN=localhost'" certbot
 echo
 
-
-echo "### Starting $NGINX_CONTAINER_NAME ..."
-docker-compose up --force-recreate -d $NGINX_CONTAINER_NAME
+echo "### Starting scalelite-proxy ..."
+docker-compose up --force-recreate -d scalelite-proxy
 echo
 
 echo "### Deleting dummy certificate for $domains ..."