diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 25ca170c..0db092c2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ WORKDIR /code
 # install dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && \
   apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y libsasl2-dev python-dev libldap2-dev libssl-dev && \
-  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
+  mkdir /var/log/kqueen-api
 
 # copy app
 COPY . .
 RUN pip install .
 
+
 # run app
 CMD ./entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/docker-compose.demo.yml b/docker-compose.demo.yml
index cb05582e..5d0e4132 100644
--- a/docker-compose.demo.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.demo.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ services:
       - etcd
     environment:
       KQUEEN_CONFIG_FILE: config/demo.py
+      KQUEEN_DEBUG: 'False'
       KQUEEN_ETCD_HOST: etcd
       KQUEEN_SECRET_KEY: 'SecretSecretSecret123'
-      #KQUEEN_DEBUG: 'True'
-      BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN: 1
+      BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN: 'True'
       BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_USERNAME: admin
       BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD: default
       BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_ORGANIZATION: DemoOrg
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ services:
       - api
     environment:
       KQUEEN_UI_CONFIG_FILE: config/demo.py
+      KQUEENUI_DEBUG: 'False'
+      KQUEENUI_SECRET_KEY: 'SecretSecretSecret123'
       KQUEENUI_KQUEEN_API_URL: http://api:5000/api/v1/
       KQUEENUI_KQUEEN_AUTH_URL: http://api:5000/api/v1/auth
       KQUEENUI_KQUEEN_SERVICE_USER_USERNAME: admin
@@ -35,8 +37,5 @@ services:
 #  Uncomment this to enable sending validation emails
 #  mail:
 #    image: modularitycontainers/postfix
-#    volumes:
-#      - /var/spool/postfix:/var/spool/postfix
-#      - /var/spool/mail:/var/spool/mail
 #    environment:
 #      MYHOSTNAME: 'mail'
diff --git a/docker-compose.production.yml b/docker-compose.production.yml
index 9dc412ce..1db07c83 100644
--- a/docker-compose.production.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.production.yml
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ services:
     restart: always
     environment:
       KQUEEN_CONFIG_FILE: config/prod.py
+      KQUEEN_DEBUG: False
       KQUEEN_ETCD_HOST: etcd
       KQUEEN_PROMETHEUS_WHITELIST: '172.16.238.0/24'
       # TODO: set SECRET_KEY
       KQUEEN_SECRET_KEY: ''
-      BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN: 1
+      BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN: True
       BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_USERNAME: admin
       # TODO: set admin password
       BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD:
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       KQUEENUI_PREFERRED_URL_SCHEME: https
       KQUEEN_UI_CONFIG_FILE: config/prod.py
+      KQUEENUI_DEBUG: False
+      KQUEENUI_SECRET_KEY: 'SecretSecretSecret123'
       KQUEENUI_KQUEEN_API_URL: http://api:5000/api/v1/
       KQUEENUI_KQUEEN_AUTH_URL: http://api:5000/api/v1/auth
       KQUEENUI_KQUEEN_SERVICE_USER_USERNAME: admin
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ services:
       KQUEENUI_KQUEEN_SERVICE_USER_PASSWORD:
       KQUEENUI_MAIL_SERVER: mail
       KQUEENUI_MAIL_PORT: 10025
-      KQUEENUI_ENABLE_PUBLIC_REGISTRATION: 1
+      KQUEENUI_ENABLE_PUBLIC_REGISTRATION: True
       STATIC_DIR: /mnt/static/
     volumes:
       - /mnt/static/
@@ -57,9 +60,6 @@ services:
   mail:
     image: modularitycontainers/postfix
     restart: always
-    volumes:
-      - /var/spool/postfix/
-      - /var/spool/mail/
     environment:
       MYHOSTNAME: 'mail'
   prometheus:
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 8c779721..45bb2b5a 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 export prometheus_multiproc_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
-BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN="${BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN:-0}"
+BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN="${BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN:-False}"
 BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_USERNAME="${BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_USERNAME:-admin}"
 BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD="${BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD:-default}"
 BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_ORGANIZATION="${BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_ORGANIZATION:-DemoOrg}"
 BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_NAMESPACE="${BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_NAMESPACE:-demoorg}"
 
-if [[ "$BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN" > 0 ]] ; then
+if [[ "$BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN" == "True" ]] ; then
     python bootstrap_admin.py ${BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_ORGANIZATION} ${BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_NAMESPACE} ${BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_USERNAME} ${BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD}
 fi
 
diff --git a/kqueen/utils/logger_config.yml b/kqueen/utils/logger_config.yml
index a52d900d..4b0970b5 100644
--- a/kqueen/utils/logger_config.yml
+++ b/kqueen/utils/logger_config.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ handlers:
         class: logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler
         level: DEBUG
         formatter: standard
-        filename: /tmp/kqueen.log
+        filename: /var/log/kqueen-api/kqueen_api.log
         maxBytes: 10485760 # 10MB
         backupCount: 20
         encoding: utf8
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ handlers:
         class: logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler
         level: ERROR
         formatter: error
-        filename: /tmp/kqueen_error.log
+        filename: /var/log/kqueen-api/kqueen_api_error.log
         maxBytes: 10485760 # 10MB
         backupCount: 20
         encoding: utf8