diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 82ee9516..e6cdaf57 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ FROM docker.io/debian:bullseye-slim AS runner
 EXPOSE 6167
 
 ENV CONDUIT_PORT=6167 \
+    CONDUIT_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0" \
     CONDUIT_DATABASE_PATH=/var/lib/matrix-conduit \
     CONDUIT_CONFIG=''  # Set no config file to do all configuration with env vars
 
diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index 28ad06f3..f9d94ab2 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,17 @@ which also will tag the resulting image as `matrixconduit/matrix-conduit:latest`
 After building the image you can simply run it with
 
 ```bash
-docker run -d -p 8448:6167 -v ~/conduit.toml:/srv/conduit/conduit.toml -v db:/var/lib/matrix-conduit/ matrixconduit/matrix-conduit:latest
+docker run -d -p 8448:6167 \
+  -v db:/var/lib/matrix-conduit/ \
+  -e CONDUIT_SERVER_NAME="your.server.name" \
+  -e CONDUIT_DATABASE_BACKEND="rocksdb" \
+  -e CONDUIT_ALLOW_REGISTRATION=true \
+  -e CONDUIT_ALLOW_FEDERATION=true \
+  -e CONDUIT_MAX_REQUEST_SIZE="20_000_000" \
+  -e CONDUIT_TRUSTED_SERVERS="[\"matrix.org\"]" \
+  -e CONDUIT_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS="100" \
+  -e CONDUIT_LOG="info,rocket=off,_=off,sled=off" \
+  --name conduit matrixconduit/matrix-conduit:latest
 ```
 
 or you can skip the build step and pull the image from one of the following registries: