diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3128795aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Populate and change this to .env
+IMPORTER_DB_API_TOKEN=
+IMPORTER_DB_API_URL=
+PATE_TOKEN=
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 92fcc4264..8d1f56d46 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,12 +10,19 @@ To run Oodikone locally, you will need the following:
    - [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/install/) (version 20.10+),
    - [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/)(version 0.29+) and
    - [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7) (version 7+)
-2. Access to Toska Docker Hub, see Toska Gitlabs password document for more information on how to login
-3. (Optional) For real data setup, access to Toskas production servers.
+2. Access to Toska Docker Hub,
+3. For real data setup, access to Toskas production servers.
+4. For some features to work, access to Toskas service tokens
 
 ## 🚀 Installation
 
-Launch the CLI and follow the instructions:
+Pre-installation steps:
+
+- Clone this repo
+- Login to toskas docker hub (see Toskas Gitlab for more information)
+- Populate `.env.template` file with correct tokens and rename it to `.env`
+
+Then launch the CLI and follow the instructions:
 
 ```bash
 npm run cli
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b418abb95..05f170bc5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ x-build_defaults: &build_defaults
   target: development
 
 services:
-
   adminer:
     <<: *defaults
     container_name: adminer
@@ -27,6 +26,8 @@ services:
       - kone-db
       - redis
       - sis-db
+    env_file:
+      - .env
     environment:
       DB_URL_KONE: postgres://postgres@kone-db:5432/kone-db
       FRONT_URL: http://localhost:3000
@@ -70,11 +71,11 @@ services:
 
   redis:
     <<: *defaults
-    command: "redis-server --appendonly yes"
+    command: 'redis-server --appendonly yes'
     container_name: redis
     image: redis
     ports:
-      - "6379:6379"
+      - '6379:6379'
     volumes:
       - redis-data:/data
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ services:
 
   sis-updater-nats:
     <<: *defaults
-    command: "-cid sis-updater-nats -m 8222 -p 4222 --max_age 2h --hb_fail_count 2 --hb_timeout 10s --hb_interval 10s --auth dev --file_slice_max_bytes 0 --file_slice_max_age 60s --max_msgs 0 -store file -dir datastore"
+    command: '-cid sis-updater-nats -m 8222 -p 4222 --max_age 2h --hb_fail_count 2 --hb_timeout 10s --hb_interval 10s --auth dev --file_slice_max_bytes 0 --file_slice_max_age 60s --max_msgs 0 -store file -dir datastore'
     container_name: sis-updater-nats
     image: nats-streaming:0.16.2
     profiles: