diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f6c052..3445633 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ app/.classpath
 app/.project
 app/.settings
 
+java/.gradle
+java/app/build
+java/gradle
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/app/src/main/java/org/vss/auth/JwtAuthorizer.java b/java/app/src/main/java/org/vss/auth/JwtAuthorizer.java
index 9175c30..f5bdab5 100644
--- a/java/app/src/main/java/org/vss/auth/JwtAuthorizer.java
+++ b/java/app/src/main/java/org/vss/auth/JwtAuthorizer.java
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ public JwtAuthorizer(String pemFormatRSAPublicKey) throws Exception {
 		this.verifier = JWT.require(algorithm).build();
 	}
 
+	public JwtAuthorizer() throws Exception {
+		this(System.getenv("vss.jwt.pubkey"));
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public AuthResponse verify(HttpHeaders headers) throws AuthException {
 
diff --git a/java/app/src/main/java/org/vss/guice/BaseModule.java b/java/app/src/main/java/org/vss/guice/BaseModule.java
index 94c169a..0dbc2c3 100644
--- a/java/app/src/main/java/org/vss/guice/BaseModule.java
+++ b/java/app/src/main/java/org/vss/guice/BaseModule.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import org.vss.auth.Authorizer;
 import org.vss.auth.NoopAuthorizer;
 import org.vss.impl.postgres.PostgresBackendImpl;
+import org.vss.auth.JwtAuthorizer;
 
 public class BaseModule extends AbstractModule {
 
@@ -24,8 +25,8 @@ protected void configure() {
     // Provide PostgresBackend as default implementation for KVStore.
     bind(KVStore.class).to(PostgresBackendImpl.class).in(Singleton.class);
 
-    // Default to Noop Authorizer.
-    bind(Authorizer.class).to(NoopAuthorizer.class).in(Singleton.class);
+    // Use JWT Authorizor.
+    bind(Authorizer.class).to(JwtAuthorizer.class).in(Singleton.class);
   }
 
   @Provides
diff --git a/java/docker-compose.yml b/java/docker-compose.yml
index bd6f464..c032f97 100644
--- a/java/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/java/docker-compose.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - postgres
     ports:
-      - "8080:8080"
+      # prevent conflict with Alby Hub in development
+      - "8090:8080"
     networks:
       - app-network