diff --git a/.env b/.env
index a1fbe79..1f89729 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# If set, HTTP_PROXY messes with inter-container communication in the deployment.
+# Ollama downloads the models via https anyway so it should be safe to unset it
+HTTP_PROXY=
+http_proxy=
+
 #=============================================================#
 #                   LibreChat Configuration                   #
 #=============================================================#
diff --git a/docker-compose.base.yml b/docker-compose.base.yml
index 0e012cc..5ba64fe 100644
--- a/docker-compose.base.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.base.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ services:
     command: --config /config.yaml
     ports:
      - 8000:8000
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    environment:
+      - HOST=0.0.0.0
+      - PORT=8000
     volumes:
       - ./litellm/config.yaml:/config.yaml:ro
 
@@ -33,6 +38,8 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - librechat_mongodb_data:/data/db
     command: mongod --noauth
+    env_file:
+      - .env
   meilisearch:
     image: getmeili/meilisearch:v1.5
     restart: unless-stopped
@@ -40,6 +47,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       - MEILI_HOST=http://meilisearch:7700
       - MEILI_NO_ANALYTICS=true
+    env_file:
+      - .env
     volumes:
       - librechat_meilisearch_data:/meili_data
 
diff --git a/ollama/bootstrap.sh b/ollama/bootstrap.sh
index 3b625c1..714c659 100755
--- a/ollama/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/ollama/bootstrap.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 
-# Ollama has trouble handling HTTP_PROXY
-# https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/2168
-unset HTTP_PROXY
-unset http_proxy
-
 ollama serve &
 
 sleep 1