diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 4edc46e..68f3b93 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ services:
       - no-new-privileges:true
     user: "nonroot:nonroot"
     ports:
-      - "8000:8000" # Do not change
+      - "8000:8000" # Do not change this unless you have modified it in the Docker image and rebuilt it.
     environment:
-      - FRONTEND_URI=http://localhost:3000 # Do not change
+      - FRONTEND_URI=http://localhost:3000 # Do not change this unless you have modified it in the Docker image and rebuilt it.
       - MONGODB_URI=${MONGODB_URI}
       - SMTP_SERVICE=${SMTP_SERVICE}
       - SMTP_EMAILADDR=${SMTP_EMAILADDR}
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - database
     env_file:
-      - .exampleenv
+      - .env
 
   frontend:
     container_name: cropcompass-frontend
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ services:
       - no-new-privileges:true
     user: "nonroot:nonroot"
     ports:
-      - "3000:3000" # Do not change
+      - "3000:3000" # Do not change this unless you have modified it in the Docker image and rebuilt it.
     networks:
       - cropcompass-ntwk
     depends_on:
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ services:
     environment:
       - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=${MONGODB_ROOT_USERNAME}
       - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=${MONGODB_ROOT_PASSWORD}
-      - MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE=CropCompass # Do not change
+      - MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE=CropCompass # Do not change this unless you have modified it in the Docker image and rebuilt it.
     networks:
       - cropcompass-ntwk
     volumes:
       - ./db:/data/db
     env_file:
-      - .exampleenv
+      - .env
 
   model:
     container_name: cropcompass-model