diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
deleted file mode 100644
index cf1f8b3..0000000
--- a/.env.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# the laravel version to install (empty for latest)
-LARAVEL_VERSION=
-
-# weather to run "npm dev" at boot
-BOOT_NPM_DEV=true
-
-# runs npm install at boot
-BOOT_NPM_INSTALL=true
-
-# runs composer install at boot
-BOOT_COMPOSER_INSTALL=true
-
-# external ports
-FORWARD_LARAVEL_PORT=80
-FORWARD_VITE_PORT=5173
-FORWARD_DB_PORT=3306
-FORWARD_REDIS_PORT=6379
-FORWARD_MAILPIT_PORT=1025
-FORWARD_MAILPIT_DASHBOARD_PORT=8025
-
-# DB settings (this will overwrite the defaults in the laravel project)
-DB_PORT=3306
-DB_DATABASE=laravel
-DB_USERNAME=laravel
-DB_PASSWORD=password
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d610b78..ce008c0 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 version: '3'
 services:
     app:
-        build:
-            context: build
-            dockerfile: Dockerfile
-        image: laravel
+        image: vistanarvas/simple-laravel
         ports:
-            - '${FORWARD_LARAVEL_PORT:-80}:8080'
-            - '${FORWARD_VITE_PORT:-5173}:5173'
+            - '8080:80'
+            - '5173:5173'
         environment:
-            LARAVEL_VERSION: '${LARAVEL_VERSION}'
-            AUTO_START_NPM_DEV: '${AUTO_START_NPM_DEV:-false}'
-            DB_HOST: mysql
+            WEBSERVER_PORT: 80
             DB_CONNECTION: mysql
-        env_file:
-            .env
+            DB_HOST: mysql
+            DB_PORT: 3306
+            DB_DATABASE: laravel
+            DB_USERNAME: laravel
+            DB_PASSWORD: password
+            BOOT_NPM_DEV: true # also starts `npm dev`
+            BOOT_NPM_INSTALL: true # runs `npm install` on boot
+            BOOT_COMPOSER_INSTALL: true # runs `composer install` on boot
         depends_on:
             - mysql
             - redis
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ services:
     mysql:
         image: 'mysql/mysql-server:8.0'
         ports:
-            - '${FORWARD_DB_PORT:-3306}:3306'
+            - '3306:3306'
         environment:
             MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: '${DB_PASSWORD}'
             MYSQL_ROOT_HOST: '%'
@@ -37,15 +38,15 @@ services:
     redis:
         image: 'redis:alpine'
         ports:
-            - '${FORWARD_REDIS_PORT:-6379}:6379'
+            - '6379:6379'
         volumes:
             - 'redis:/data'
 
     mailpit:
         image: 'axllent/mailpit:latest'
         ports:
-            - '${FORWARD_MAILPIT_PORT:-1025}:1025'
-            - '${FORWARD_MAILPIT_DASHBOARD_PORT:-8025}:8025'
+            - '1025:1025'
+            - '8025:8025'
 
 volumes:
     mysql: