diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 00af629..7e3cd89 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ PGID=1000
 # Optional: Sets the default file permissions for newly created files within the container. 
 UMASK=0022
 
+# Whether to setup file permissions on startup. May improve performance on remote/slow filesystems
+SKIP_SET_PERMISSIONS=false
 
 ###
 ### Multi-user settings, disabled by default.
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index d2de779..18a57b7 100755
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -2,42 +2,17 @@ name: spotizerr
 
 services:
   spotizerr:
-    image: cooldockerizer93/spotizerr
+    image: cooldockerizer93/spotizerr:beta
     volumes:
       - ./data:/app/data
       - ./downloads:/app/downloads  # <-- Change this for your music library dir
       - ./logs:/app/logs  # <-- Volume for persistent logs
     ports:
       - 7171:7171
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
     container_name: spotizerr-app
     restart: unless-stopped
-    environment:
-      - PUID=${PUID}  # Replace with your desired user ID  | Remove both if you want to run as root (not recommended, might result in unreadable files)
-      - PGID=${PGID}  # Replace with your desired group ID | The user must have write permissions in the volume mapped to /app/downloads
-      - UMASK=${UMASK} # Optional: Sets the default file permissions for newly created files within the container.
-      - REDIS_HOST=${REDIS_HOST}
-      - REDIS_PORT=${REDIS_PORT}
-      - REDIS_DB=${REDIS_DB}
-      - REDIS_PASSWORD=${REDIS_PASSWORD}  # Optional, Redis AUTH password. Leave empty if not using authentication
-      - REDIS_URL=redis://:${REDIS_PASSWORD}@${REDIS_HOST}:${REDIS_PORT}/${REDIS_DB}
-      - REDIS_BACKEND=redis://:${REDIS_PASSWORD}@${REDIS_HOST}:${REDIS_PORT}/${REDIS_DB}
-      - EXPLICIT_FILTER=${EXPLICIT_FILTER} # Set to true to filter out explicit content
-      - ENABLE_AUTH=${ENABLE_AUTH} # Set to true to enable authentication
-      - JWT_SECRET=${JWT_SECRET} # Set to a random string for production
-      - JWT_EXPIRATION_HOURS=${JWT_EXPIRATION_HOURS} # Set to 24 for 24 hours
-      - DEFAULT_ADMIN_USERNAME=${DEFAULT_ADMIN_USERNAME} # Set to admin
-      - DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD} # Set to admin123
-      - SSO_ENABLED=${SSO_ENABLED} # Set to true to enable SSO
-      - SSO_BASE_REDIRECT_URI=${SSO_BASE_REDIRECT_URI} # Set to http://127.0.0.1:7171/api/auth/sso/callback
-      - FRONTEND_URL=${FRONTEND_URL} # Frontend URL for SSO redirects
-      - DISABLE_REGISTRATION=${DISABLE_REGISTRATION} # Set to true to disable registration
-      - GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=${GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID} # Google SSO client ID
-      - GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=${GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET} # Google SSO client secret
-      - GITHUB_CLIENT_ID=${GITHUB_CLIENT_ID} # GitHub SSO client ID
-      - GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=${GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET} # GitHub SSO client secret
+    env_file:
+      - .env
 
     depends_on:
       - redis
@@ -46,11 +21,11 @@ services:
     image: redis:alpine
     container_name: spotizerr-redis
     restart: unless-stopped
-    environment:
-      - REDIS_PASSWORD=${REDIS_PASSWORD}
+    env_file:
+      - .env
     volumes:
       - redis-data:/data
-    command: redis-server --requirepass ${REDIS_PASSWORD} --appendonly yes
+    command: sh -c 'redis-server --requirepass "$REDIS_PASSWORD" --appendonly yes'
 
 volumes:
   redis-data:
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 89bef06..4f9a0c4 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
 # Set umask if UMASK variable is provided
@@ -6,6 +5,28 @@ if [ -n "${UMASK}" ]; then
     umask "${UMASK}"
 fi
 
+# Compose Redis URLs from base variables if not explicitly provided
+if [ -z "${REDIS_URL}" ]; then
+    REDIS_HOST=${REDIS_HOST:-redis}
+    REDIS_PORT=${REDIS_PORT:-6379}
+    REDIS_DB=${REDIS_DB:-0}
+
+    if [ -n "${REDIS_PASSWORD}" ]; then
+        if [ -n "${REDIS_USERNAME}" ]; then
+            AUTH_PART="${REDIS_USERNAME}:${REDIS_PASSWORD}@"
+        else
+            AUTH_PART=":${REDIS_PASSWORD}@"
+        fi
+    else
+        AUTH_PART=""
+    fi
+    export REDIS_URL="redis://${AUTH_PART}${REDIS_HOST}:${REDIS_PORT}/${REDIS_DB}"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${REDIS_BACKEND}" ]; then
+    export REDIS_BACKEND="${REDIS_URL}"
+fi
+
 # Redis is now in a separate container so we don't need to start it locally
 echo "Using Redis at ${REDIS_URL}"
 
@@ -50,10 +71,15 @@ else
             echo "Created user: ${USER_NAME} (UID: ${PUID})"
         fi
 
-        # Ensure proper permissions for all app directories
-        echo "Setting permissions for /app directories..."
-        chown -R "${USER_NAME}:${GROUP_NAME}" /app/downloads /app/data /app/logs || true
-        # Ensure Spotipy cache file exists and is writable
+        # Ensure proper permissions for all app directories unless skipped via env var
+        if [ "${SKIP_SET_PERMISSIONS}" = "true" ] || [ "${SKIP_SET_PERMISSIONS}" = "1" ]; then
+            echo "SKIP_SET_PERMISSIONS is set; skipping permissions for /app/downloads /app/data /app/logs"
+        else
+            echo "Setting permissions for /app directories..."
+            chown -R "${USER_NAME}:${GROUP_NAME}" /app/downloads /app/data /app/logs || true
+        fi
+
+        # Ensure Spotipy cache file exists and is writable (fast, local to container)
         touch /app/.cache || true
         chown "${USER_NAME}:${GROUP_NAME}" /app/.cache || true