diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e9067a8..ed018ac 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ ENV GID=1000
 ENV USER=youtube
 ENV NO_UPDATE_NOTIFIER=true
 ENV PM2_HOME=/app/pm2
+ENV ALLOW_CONFIG_MUTATIONS=true
 RUN groupadd -g $GID $USER && useradd --system -m -g $USER --uid $UID $USER && \
     apt update && \
     apt install -y --no-install-recommends curl ca-certificates && \
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c1cc36e..3ab792a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ version: "2"
 services:
     ytdl_material:
         environment: 
-            ALLOW_CONFIG_MUTATIONS: 'true'
             ytdl_mongodb_connection_string: 'mongodb://ytdl-mongo-db:27017'
             ytdl_use_local_db: 'false'
             write_ytdl_config: 'true'