diff --git a/.env.production.sample b/.env.production.sample
index 34603288..070aa0c3 100644
--- a/.env.production.sample
+++ b/.env.production.sample
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Service dependencies
 REDIS_HOST=redis
+REDIS_PORT=6379
+DB_HOST=db
+DB_USER=postgres
+DB_NAME=postgres
+DB_PASS=
+DB_PORT=5432
 
 # Federation
 LOCAL_DOMAIN=example.com
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7b8fdc16..bb4c70d8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ RUN bundle install --deployment --without test --without development
 
 ADD . /mastodon
 
-VOLUME ['/mastodon/public/system']
+VOLUME ["/mastodon/public/system", "/mastodon/public/assets"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f02e5cdd..a1f7b2e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,3 +48,9 @@ And finally
 As usual, the first thing you would need to do would be to run migrations:
 
     docker-compose run web rake db:migrate
+
+And since the instance running in the container will be running in production mode, you need to pre-compile assets:
+
+    docker-compose run web rake assets:precompile
+
+The container has two volumes, for the assets and for user uploads. The default docker-compose.yml maps them to the repository's `public/assets` and `public/system` directories, you may wish to put them somewhere else. Likewise, the PostgreSQL and Redis images have data containers that you may wish to map somewhere where you know how to find them and back them up.
diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index 8914ab16..259244e6 100644
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ test:
 
 production:
   <<: *default
-  database: postgres
-  username: postgres
-  password:
-  host: db
+  database: <%= ENV['DB_NAME'] || 'mastodon_production' %>
+  username: <%= ENV['DB_USER'] || 'mastodon' %>
+  password: <%= ENV['DB_PASS'] || '' %>
+  host: <%= ENV['DB_HOST'] || 'localhost' %>
+  port: <%= ENV['DB_PORT'] || 5432 %>
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index b0236d09..1f08fad5 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Rails.application.configure do
 
   # Disable serving static files from the `/public` folder by default since
   # Apache or NGINX already handles this.
-  config.serve_static_files = ENV['RAILS_SERVE_STATIC_FILES'].present?
+  config.serve_static_files = true
 
   # Compress JavaScripts and CSS.
   config.assets.js_compressor = :uglifier
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # config.action_dispatch.x_sendfile_header = 'X-Accel-Redirect' # for NGINX
 
   # Force all access to the app over SSL, use Strict-Transport-Security, and use secure cookies.
-  # config.force_ssl = true
+  config.force_ssl = ENV['LOCAL_HTTPS'] == 'true'
 
   # Use the lowest log level to ensure availability of diagnostic information
   # when problems arise.
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 20fb500b..ed29808b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - db
       - redis
+    volumes:
+      - ./public/assets:/mastodon/public/assets
+      - ./public/system:/mastodon/public/system
     env_file: .env.production