diff --git a/docker-compose.production.yml b/docker-compose.production.yml
index fdb0dc1ab66568d5547a9a5bc1fac1ac789b9ea5..c384fe6f56b66126f1731887e20f564f357f4bda 100644
--- a/docker-compose.production.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.production.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
       - PUBSWEET_SECRET=${PUBSWEET_SECRET}
+      - CLIENT_PROTOCOL=${CLIENT_PROTOCOL}
+      - CLIENT_HOST=${CLIENT_HOST}
+      - CLIENT_PORT=${CLIENT_PORT}
       - SERVER_PROTOCOL=${SERVER_PROTOCOL}
       - SERVER_HOST=${SERVER_HOST}
       - SERVER_PORT=${SERVER_PORT}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ca25b0a0aa1f970c99aec65cc3456317088f294f..bdbbd9db199bacd236d0f5bff34de2051b70bea5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_HOST=db
       - POSTGRES_PORT=5432
       - PUBSWEET_SECRET=${PUBSWEET_SECRET:-dev_secret}
+      - CLIENT_PROTOCOL=${CLIENT_PROTOCOL:-http}
+      - CLIENT_HOST=${CLIENT_HOST:-localhost}
+      - CLIENT_PORT=${CLIENT_PORT:-4000}
       - ORCID_CLIENT_ID=${ORCID_CLIENT_ID}
       - ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET=${ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET}
     volumes: