diff --git a/.deployment/deploy-deepforge b/.deployment/deploy-deepforge
index 568f3568d..f73d309f7 100755
--- a/.deployment/deploy-deepforge
+++ b/.deployment/deploy-deepforge
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ fi;
 rm config/components2.json
 
 # Merging the custom override yml file
-yaml-merge docker/docker-compose.yml "$DEEPFORGE_DEPLOYMENT_DIR"/docker-compose-overrides.yml > custom-docker-compose.yml
+yq d docker/docker-compose.yml services.server.environment[0] > custom-docker-compose.yml
+yq m -ai custom-docker-compose.yml "$DEEPFORGE_DEPLOYMENT_DIR"/docker-compose-overrides.yml
 
 # Pulling the latest docker image, stopping the server, removing and restarting it
 docker-compose --file custom-docker-compose.yml -p deepforge pull $SERVER_NAME
diff --git a/.deployment/docker-compose-overrides.yml b/.deployment/docker-compose-overrides.yml
index 9f9cab71a..d1c4c9bd3 100644
--- a/.deployment/docker-compose-overrides.yml
+++ b/.deployment/docker-compose-overrides.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ services:
   server:
     entrypoint: /.deployment/dev-entrypoint.sh
     environment:
+      - "NODE_ENV=production"
       - "DEEPFORGE_HOST=https://dev.deepforge.org"
       - "DEEPFORGE_INTERACTIVE_COMPUTE_HOST=https://dev-compute.deepforge.org"
     volumes:
-      - "$HOME/.deepforge/blob:/data/blob"
       - "${TOKEN_KEYS_DIR}:/token_keys"
       - "${DEEPFORGE_DEPLOYMENT_DIR}:/.deployment"
       - "${DEEPFORGE_DEPLOYMENT_DIR}/../config/components.json:/deepforge/config/components.json"
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index a9aff9bdc..8bcb44f74 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ services:
       - "$HOME/.deepforge/data:/data/db"
   server:
     environment:
+      - "NODE_ENV=default"
       - "MONGO_URI=mongodb://mongo:27017/deepforge"
       - "DEEPFORGE_PUBLIC_KEY=/token_keys/public_key"
       - "DEEPFORGE_PRIVATE_KEY=/token_keys/private_key"
@@ -16,6 +17,5 @@ services:
       - "8889:8889"
     volumes:
       - "$HOME/.deepforge/blob:/data/blob"
-      - "${TOKEN_KEYS_DIR}:/token_keys"
     depends_on:
       - mongo
diff --git a/docs/deployment/quick_start.rst b/docs/deployment/quick_start.rst
index ac5bd23e8..e69afcb43 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/quick_start.rst
+++ b/docs/deployment/quick_start.rst
@@ -12,19 +12,7 @@ Next, you must decide if you would like authentication to be enabled. For produc
 
 Without User Accounts
 ---------------------
-Open the docker-compose file and add the following environment variable to the server:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    NODE_ENV=default
-
-and delete the volume for the server's keys (used for signing JWTs):
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    - "${TOKEN_KEYS_DIR}:/token_keys"
-
-Next, start the docker containers with
+Start the docker containers with
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -41,11 +29,36 @@ First, generate a public and private key pair
     openssl rsa -in deepforge_keys/private_key -pubout > deepforge_keys/public_key
     export TOKEN_KEYS_DIR="$(pwd)/deepforge_keys"
 
+Then create file called ``production-docker-compose.yml`` for using the token-keys generated above:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    version: "3"
+    services:
+      mongo:
+        image: mongo
+        volumes:
+          - "$HOME/.deepforge/data:/data/db"
+      server:
+        environment:
+          - "MONGO_URI=mongodb://mongo:27017/deepforge"
+          - "DEEPFORGE_PUBLIC_KEY=/token_keys/public_key"
+          - "DEEPFORGE_PRIVATE_KEY=/token_keys/private_key"
+        image: deepforge/kitchen-sink:latest
+        ports:
+          - "8888:8888"
+          - "8889:8889"
+        volumes:
+          - "$HOME/.deepforge/blob:/data/blob"
+          - "${TOKEN_KEYS_DIR}:/token_keys"
+        depends_on:
+          - mongo
+
 Then start DeepForge using docker-compose:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    docker-compose up
+    docker-compose --file production-docker-compose.yml up
 
 Finally, create the admin user by connecting to the server's docker container. First, get the ID of the container using: