diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 19ea0a63..df523e3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Next, navigate in your terminal to the directory you cloned this, and spin up th
 
 After that completes, follow the steps from the [src/README.md](src/README.md) file to get your WordPress installation added in (or create a new blank one).
 
+Copy env.sample to .env and setup your secrets there.
+
 Bringing up the Docker Compose network with `site` instead of just using `up`, ensures that only our site's containers are brought up at the start, instead of all of the command containers as well. The following are built for our web server, with their exposed ports detailed:
 
 - **nginx** - `:80`
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1b7c8f59..d356c76f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ services:
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: nginx.dockerfile
-    container_name: nginx
+    container_name: nginx_${PROJECT_NAME}
     ports:
       - 80:80
       - 443:443
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ services:
 
   mysql:
     image: mysql:5.7.29
-    container_name: mysql
+    container_name: mysql_${PROJECT_NAME}
     restart: always
     ports:
       - 3306:3306
     environment:
-      MYSQL_DATABASE: wp
-      MYSQL_USER: wp
-      MYSQL_PASSWORD: secret
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: secret
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: $DB_NAME
+      MYSQL_USER: $DB_USER
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: $DB_PASSWORD
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: $DB_ROOT_PASSWORD
       SERVICE_TAGS: dev
       SERVICE_NAME: mysql
     networks:
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ services:
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: php.dockerfile
-    container_name: php
+    container_name: php_${PROJECT_NAME}
     volumes:
       - ./wordpress:/var/www/html:delegated
+      - ./php/php.ini:/usr/local/etc/php/php.ini      
     networks:
       - wordpress
 
@@ -50,9 +51,9 @@ services:
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: php.dockerfile
-    container_name: wp
+    container_name: wp_${PROJECT_NAME}
     entrypoint: ['wp', '--allow-root']
     volumes:
       - ./wordpress:/var/www/html:delegated
     networks:
-      - wordpress
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+      - wordpress
diff --git a/env.sample b/env.sample
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0dc7343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/env.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+PROJECT_NAME=project1
+DB_NAME=db_name
+DB_USER=wp
+DB_PASSWORD=secret
+DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=secret
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diff --git a/nginx/certs/README.md b/nginx/certs/README.md
index ffc020a7..8463ed08 100644
--- a/nginx/certs/README.md
+++ b/nginx/certs/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 ## Add local certificates here to enable https
 
-I personally like using [mkcert]() for this. 
+I personally like using [mkcert](https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert) for this. 
 
-Follow the installation instructions, then `cd` to this directory and use `mkcert` with the local domain name of your choosing.
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+Follow the installation instructions, then `cd` to this directory and use `mkcert` with the local domain name of your choosing.
+
+After installation of mkcert 
+
+```
+cd ./nginx/certs
+mkcert -key-file wordpress-docker.test-key.pem -cert-file wordpress-docker.test.pem localhost *.localhost
+```
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diff --git a/php/php.ini b/php/php.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ea10587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/php/php.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+upload_max_filesize = 132M
+post_max_size = 64M
+memory_limit = 128M
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