diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 43ba063a..b08ca953 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ services:
     container_name: ipfs-api
     restart: unless-stopped
     logging: *default-logging
+    env_file:
+      - .env
     networks:
       shared:
         ipv4_address: 10.10.10.58
@@ -196,6 +198,12 @@ services:
     container_name: ipfs-mongo
     restart: unless-stopped
     logging: *default-logging
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    environment:
+      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME: ${IPFS_MONGO_USERNAME}
+      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${IPFS_MONGO_PASSWORD}
+      - MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: ipfs-to-skynet
     volumes:
       - ./docker/data/ipfs-mongo/db:/data/db
     networks:
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-api/src/consts.ts b/packages/ipfs-api/src/consts.ts
index 4ca1ce5f..7102cb25 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-api/src/consts.ts
+++ b/packages/ipfs-api/src/consts.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,5 @@ export const IPFS_INFURA_API =
 export const IPFS_GATEWAY =
   process.env.IPFS_GATEWAY || "https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/";
 export const SKYNET_PORTAL = process.env.SKYNET_PORTAL || "https://siasky.net";
-export const MONGO_CONNECTIONSTRING =
-  process.env.MONGO_CONNECTIONSTRING ||
-  "mongodb://root:password@ipfs-mongo:27017";
-export const MONGO_DBNAME = process.env.MONGO_DBNAME || "ipfs-to-skynet";
+export const MONGO_CONNECTIONSTRING = `mongodb://${process.env.IPFS_MONGO_USERNAME}:${process.env.IPFS_MONGO_PASSWORD}@ipfs-mongo:27017`;
+export const MONGO_DBNAME = "ipfs-to-skynet";