diff --git a/support/docker/production/.env b/support/docker/production/.env
index c8393d0ce80..95ca42d6971 100644
--- a/support/docker/production/.env
+++ b/support/docker/production/.env
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-PEERTUBE_DB_USERNAME=postgres_user
-PEERTUBE_DB_PASSWORD=postgres_password
+POSTGRES_USER=peertube
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=peertube
+POSTGRES_DB=peertube
+PEERTUBE_DB_USERNAME=$(POSTGRES_USER)
+PEERTUBE_DB_PASSWORD=$(POSTGRES_PASSWORD)
+PEERTUBE_DB_HOSTNAME=postgres
 PEERTUBE_WEBSERVER_HOSTNAME=domain.tld
 PEERTUBE_WEBSERVER_PORT=443
 PEERTUBE_WEBSERVER_HTTPS=true
@@ -14,6 +18,7 @@ PEERTUBE_SMTP_FROM=noreply@domain.tld
 PEERTUBE_SMTP_TLS=false
 PEERTUBE_SMTP_DISABLE_STARTTLS=false
 PEERTUBE_ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@domain.tld
+POSTFIX_myhostname=${PEERTUBE_WEBSERVER_HOSTNAME}
 # /!\ Prefer to use the PeerTube admin interface to set the following configurations /!\
 #PEERTUBE_SIGNUP_ENABLED=true
 #PEERTUBE_TRANSCODING_ENABLED=true
diff --git a/support/docker/production/docker-compose.yml b/support/docker/production/docker-compose.yml
index 3786ae675c5..9f6c47eca38 100644
--- a/support/docker/production/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/support/docker/production/docker-compose.yml
@@ -47,10 +47,8 @@ services:
 
   postgres:
     image: postgres:10-alpine
-    environment:
-      POSTGRES_USER: ${PEERTUBE_DB_USERNAME}
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${PEERTUBE_DB_PASSWORD}
-      POSTGRES_DB: peertube
+    env_file:
+      - .env
     volumes:
       - ./docker-volume/db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     restart: "always"
@@ -67,8 +65,8 @@ services:
 
   postfix:
     image: mwader/postfix-relay
-    environment:
-      - POSTFIX_myhostname=${PEERTUBE_WEBSERVER_HOSTNAME}
+    env_file:
+      - .env
     labels:
       traefik.enable: "false"
     restart: "always"