diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 37cecd84..7da6456c 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ versions.txt
 build.sh
 docker-compose.yml
 .env
-docker/__pycache__
\ No newline at end of file
+docker/__pycache__
+.env.example
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 7251fcd1..5deedba1 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@ BUILD_THREADS=1
 # Updates NET_VERSION in CMakeVariables.txt
 BUILD_VERSION=171022
 # make sure this is a long random string
-ACCOUNT_MANAGER_SECRET=
-# Needs to be set to the actual public ip. See https://github.com/DarkflameUniverse/DarkflameServer/issues/45
-EXTERNAL_IP=0.0.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
+ACCOUNT_MANAGER_SECRET=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ee13a33d..68fa6302 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ services:
       - DATABASE_HOST=database
       - DATABASE_USER=${MARIADB_USER:-darkflame}
       - DATABASE_PASSWORD=${MARIADB_PASSWORD:-darkflame}
-      - EXTERNAL_IP=${EXTERNAL_IP:-localhost}
     volumes:
       - ${CLIENT_PATH:?err}:/client
     depends_on:
diff --git a/docker/start_server.sh b/docker/start_server.sh
index fc14a052..975646b0 100644
--- a/docker/start_server.sh
+++ b/docker/start_server.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function update_database_ini_values_for() {
     update_ini $INI_FILE mysql_username $DATABASE_USER
     update_ini $INI_FILE mysql_password $DATABASE_PASSWORD
     if [[ "$INI_FILE" != "worldconfig.ini" ]]; then
-        update_ini $INI_FILE external_ip $EXTERNAL_IP
+        update_ini $INI_FILE external_ip "darkflame"
     fi
 }