diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1999e3626..8ec76552d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -21,16 +21,6 @@ services:
     networks:
       - bay-21-internal
 
-  # memcached:
-  #   image: memcached:latest
-  #   container_name: ${CAC_NAME}
-  #   ports:
-  #     - ${CAC_PORT}:11211
-  #   command:
-  #     - '--memory-limit=512'
-  #   networks:
-  #     - bay-21-internal
-
   shimmie:
     build:
       context: .
@@ -48,8 +38,8 @@ services:
       - MAX_EXECUTION_TIME=${MAX_EXECUTION_TIME}
       - POST_MAX_SIZE=${POST_MAX_SIZE}
       - MEMORY_LIMIT=${MEMORY_LIMIT}
-
-      #INSTALL_DSN: "pgsql:user=shimmie;password=shimmie;host=sql;dbname=shimmie"
+      # defined to skip initial install screen - could this also help with "recovering" from temporarily stale nfs share?
+      - INSTALL_DSN="pgsql:user=${PSQL_USER};password=${PSQL_PW};host=sql;dbname=${PSQL_DB}"
     ports:
       - ${PORT}:8000
     volumes: