diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 5c8e8ae..04b5d6e 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # DEFAULT_ADMIN_EMAIL = "admin@example.com"
 # DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD = "password-is-generated-randomly-on-first-launch"
 
-POSTGRES_HOST = "localhost"
+POSTGRES_HOST = "db"
 POSTGRES_PORT = "5432"
 POSTGRES_USER = "postgres"
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD = "postgres"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b2efb68..c3bd4a8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.env
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2ce05bf..13d485a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ USER app
 
 ENV PYTHONPATH=/code
 
-CMD ["uvicorn", "library_service.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]
+CMD ["uvicorn", "library_service.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000", "--forwarded-allow-ips=\"*\""]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 66999fb..bc264b3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ services:
     build: .
     container_name: api
     restart: unless-stopped
-    command: bash -c "uvicorn library_service.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000"
+    command: bash -c "uvicorn library_service.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --forwarded-allow-ips=\"*\""
     logging:
       options:
         max-size: "10m"