diff --git a/roles/etebase/tasks/main.yml b/roles/etebase/tasks/main.yml
index 0e04c67..2199a6b 100644
--- a/roles/etebase/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/etebase/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
     group: "{{ ansible_env['USER'] }}"
     mode: '640'
 
+- name: Template etebase-server.ini to project directory
+  template:
+    src: etebase-server.ini
+    dest: "{{ etebase_project_dir }}/etebase-server.ini"
+    owner: "{{ ansible_env['USER'] }}"
+    group: "{{ ansible_env['USER'] }}"
+    mode: '644'
+
 - name: "Create directory {{ volumes['etebase_datadir'] }} with correct permissions"
   file:
     path: "{{ volumes['etebase_datadir'] }}"
diff --git a/roles/etebase/templates/docker-compose.yaml b/roles/etebase/templates/docker-compose.yaml
index 02b1445..bb85a9a 100644
--- a/roles/etebase/templates/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/roles/etebase/templates/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ services:
     user: {{ users['etebase'] }}:{{ users['etebase'] }}
     environment:
       SERVER: http
-      ALLOWED_HOSTS: etebase.{{ domain }}
       AUTO_UPDATE: 'true'
-      TIME_ZONE: {{ timezone }}
     ports:
       - 127.0.0.1:{{ ports['etebase'] }}:3735
     volumes:
       - {{ volumes['etebase_datadir'] }}:/data
+      - ./etebase-server.ini:/data/etebase-server.ini
diff --git a/roles/etebase/templates/etebase-server.ini b/roles/etebase/templates/etebase-server.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea84207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/etebase/templates/etebase-server.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[global]
+secret_file = /data/secret.txt
+debug = false
+static_root = /srv/etebase/static
+static_url = /static/
+media_root = /data/media
+media_url =  /user-media/
+language_code = en-us
+time_zone = {{ timezone }}
+
+
+[allowed_hosts]
+allowed_host1 = etebase.{{ domain }}
+
+[database]
+engine = django.db.backends.sqlite3
+name = /data/db.sqlite3