diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 15085c7e..670a2e23 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 Comment engine
 
+## Install 
+
+### Backend
+
+- copy provided docker-compose.yml and customize for your needs
+- make sure you **don't keep** `DEV=true` for any non-development deployments
+- pull and start `docker compose pull && docker compose up` 
+
+### Frontend
+
+TBD
+
 ## API
 
 ### Authorization
diff --git a/app/main.go b/app/main.go
index 75a4f935..73a65a0f 100644
--- a/app/main.go
+++ b/app/main.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ var opts struct {
 	GithubCID  string `long:"github-cid" env:"REMARK_GITHUB_CID" description:"Github OAuth client ID"`
 	GithubCSEC string `long:"github-csec" env:"REMARK_GITHUB_CSEC" description:"Github OAuth client secret"`
 
+	SiteURL string   `long:"site-url" env:"REMARK_URL" default:"http://remark.umputun.com:8080" description:"url to remark site"`
 	Admins  []string `long:"admin" env:"ADMIN" default:"umputun@gmail.com" description:"admin(s) names" env-delim:","`
 	DevMode bool     `long:"dev" env:"DEV" description:"development mode, no auth enforced"`
 	Dbg     bool     `long:"dbg" env:"DEBUG" description:"debug mode"`
@@ -60,11 +61,13 @@ func main() {
 			Cid:          opts.GoogleCID,
 			Csecret:      opts.GoogleCSEC,
 			SessionStore: sessionStore,
+			SiteURL:      opts.SiteURL,
 		}),
 		AuthGithub: auth.NewGithub(auth.Params{
 			Cid:          opts.GithubCID,
 			Csecret:      opts.GithubCSEC,
 			SessionStore: sessionStore,
+			SiteURL:      opts.SiteURL,
 		}),
 	}
 
diff --git a/app/rest/auth/auth.go b/app/rest/auth/auth.go
index 9a30e92d..1facf246 100644
--- a/app/rest/auth/auth.go
+++ b/app/rest/auth/auth.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type Params struct {
 	Cid          string
 	Csecret      string
 	SessionStore *sessions.FilesystemStore
+	SiteURL      string
 }
 
 // newProvider makes auth for given provider
diff --git a/app/rest/auth/providers.go b/app/rest/auth/providers.go
index 71a69d67..96fa06f7 100644
--- a/app/rest/auth/providers.go
+++ b/app/rest/auth/providers.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func NewGoogle(p Params) *Provider {
 	return initProvider(p, Provider{
 		Name:            "google",
 		Endpoint:        google.Endpoint,
-		RedirectURL:     "http://remark.umputun.com:8080/auth/google",
+		RedirectURL:     p.SiteURL + "/auth/google",
 		Scopes:          []string{"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email"},
 		InfoURL:         "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v3/userinfo",
 		FilesystemStore: p.SessionStore,
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func NewGithub(p Params) *Provider {
 	return initProvider(p, Provider{
 		Name:            "github",
 		Endpoint:        github.Endpoint,
-		RedirectURL:     "http://remark.umputun.com:8080/auth/github",
+		RedirectURL:     p.SiteURL + "/auth/github",
 		Scopes:          []string{"user:email"},
 		InfoURL:         "https://api.github.com/user",
 		FilesystemStore: p.SessionStore,
diff --git a/app/rest/server.go b/app/rest/server.go
index 659ca8c6..020e4d94 100644
--- a/app/rest/server.go
+++ b/app/rest/server.go
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ func (s *Server) Run() {
 		rapi.Get("/last/{max}", s.getLastComments)
 		rapi.Get("/count", s.getCountCtrl)
 
-		rapi.With(Auth(s.SessionStore, s.Admins, s.DevMode)).Group(func(r chi.Router) {
-			r.Post("/comment", s.createCommentCtrl)
-			r.Get("/user", s.getUserInfo)
-			r.Put("/vote/{id}", s.voteCtrl)
-			r.With(AdminOnly).Delete("/comment/{id}", s.deleteCommentCtrl)
+		rapi.With(Auth(s.SessionStore, s.Admins, s.DevMode)).Group(func(rauth chi.Router) {
+			rauth.Post("/comment", s.createCommentCtrl)
+			rauth.Get("/user", s.getUserInfo)
+			rauth.Put("/vote/{id}", s.voteCtrl)
+			rauth.With(AdminOnly).Delete("/comment/{id}", s.deleteCommentCtrl)
 		})
 	})
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 4d50d283..48f009ba 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,18 +15,16 @@ services:
               max-size: "10m"
               max-file: "5"
 
-        environment:
-            - MHOST=${MHOST}
-
         ports:
             - "8080:8080"
 
         environment:
+            - REMARK_URL=http://remark.umputun.com:8080
             - BOLTDB_FILE=/srv/var/remark.db
             - SESSION_STORE=/srv/var
-            - DEV=true
+            - DEV=true # development mode flag. It turns authentication off, be careful!
             - DEBUG=true
 
         volumes:
             - ./var:/srv/var
-
+            - ./web:/srv/web # maps web directory directly and propagate local changes to container without redeploy