diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 4b8453ce58..bb752c0d2a 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ services:
       # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file
       - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
-    env_file:
-      - .env
+    environment:
+      DB_USERNAME: ${DB_USERNAME}
+      DB_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
+      DB_USERNAME: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
+      TZ: $TZ
     ports:
       - '2283:2283'
     depends_on:
@@ -40,8 +43,6 @@ services:
     #   service: cpu # set to one of [armnn, cuda, openvino, openvino-wsl] for accelerated inference - use the `-wsl` version for WSL2 where applicable
     volumes:
       - model-cache:/cache
-    env_file:
-      - .env
     restart: always
     healthcheck:
       disable: false