diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 039b7fd3..c1ad0f5a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 .env
 .pnpm-store
 
-conf/lila.conf
-conf/lila-ws.conf
-
 command/.cargo
 command/target
 
diff --git a/conf/lila-ws.original.conf b/conf/lila-ws.conf
similarity index 71%
rename from conf/lila-ws.original.conf
rename to conf/lila-ws.conf
index f44e0858..291d2b3f 100644
--- a/conf/lila-ws.original.conf
+++ b/conf/lila-ws.conf
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ include "application"
 mongo.uri = "mongodb://mongodb:27017/lichess?appName=lila-ws"
 redis.uri = "redis://redis"
 
-csrf.origin = "http://localhost:8080"
+csrf.origin = ${?SCHEME}"://"${?LILA_DOMAIN}
diff --git a/conf/lila.original.conf b/conf/lila.conf
similarity index 72%
rename from conf/lila.original.conf
rename to conf/lila.conf
index 09c855d2..b8ccba1d 100644
--- a/conf/lila.original.conf
+++ b/conf/lila.conf
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ include "version"
 user.password.bpass.secret = "9qEYN0ThHer1KWLNekA76Q=="
 
 net.site.name = "lila"
-net.domain = "localhost:8080"
-net.socket.domains = [ "localhost:8080" ]
-net.asset.base_url = "http://localhost:8080"
+net.domain = ${?LILA_DOMAIN}
+net.socket.domains = [ ${?LILA_DOMAIN} ]
+net.asset.base_url = ${?SCHEME}"://"${?LILA_DOMAIN}
 net.asset.base_url_internal = "http://nginx"
-net.base_url = "http://localhost:8080"
+net.base_url = ${?SCHEME}"://"${?LILA_DOMAIN}
 
 mongodb.uri = "mongodb://mongodb?appName=lila"
 redis.uri = "redis://redis"
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ game.gifUrl = "http://lila_gif:6175"
 search.enabled = true
 search.endpoint = "http://lila_search:9673"
 
-memo.picfit.endpointGet = "http://localhost:3001"
+memo.picfit.endpointGet = ${?SCHEME}"://"${?PICFIT_DOMAIN}
 memo.picfit.endpointPost = "http://picfit:3001"
 
 mailer.primary.mock = false
 mailer.primary.tls = false
 mailer.primary.host = "mailpit"
 mailer.primary.port = 1025
-mailer.primary.sender = "lichess.org <noreply@localhost>"
+mailer.primary.sender = "lichess.org <noreply@lichess.org>"
 security.email_confirm.enabled = true
 
 swiss.bbpairing = "/opt/bbpPairings/bbpPairings.exe"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a2d86d70..5ac59104 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     networks:
       - lila-network
+    environment:
+      - SCHEME=${SCHEME:-http}
+      - LILA_DOMAIN=${LILA_DOMAIN:-localhost:8080}
+      - PICFIT_DOMAIN=${PICFIT_DOMAIN:-localhost:3001}
     volumes:
       - ./repos/lila:/lila
       - ./repos/chessground:/chessground
@@ -36,6 +40,9 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     networks:
       - lila-network
+    environment:
+      - SCHEME=${SCHEME:-http}
+      - LILA_DOMAIN=${LILA_DOMAIN:-localhost:8080}
     volumes:
       - ./repos/lila-ws:/lila-ws
       - ./conf/lila-ws.conf:/lila-ws.conf
diff --git a/lila-docker b/lila-docker
index 1004c262..232c4bd1 100755
--- a/lila-docker
+++ b/lila-docker
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
+if [ ! -z "$GITPOD_WORKSPACE_ID" ]; then
+    export SCHEME=https
+    export LILA_DOMAIN=$(gp url 8080 | cut -c9-)
+    export PICFIT_DOMAIN=$(gp url 3001 | cut -c9-)
+fi
+
 run_setup() {
     touch .env
     docker compose run --rm -it lila_docker_rs bash -c "cargo run --manifest-path /mnt/Cargo.toml"
@@ -28,8 +34,6 @@ run_setup() {
 
     git -C repos/lila submodule update --init
 
-    run_setup_config
-
     docker compose build
     # separate build specifically for utils profile otherwise its Dockerfile changes won't be detected
     docker compose --profile utils build
@@ -44,20 +48,6 @@ run_setup() {
     fi
 }
 
-run_setup_config() {
-    echo "Copying config files..."
-    cp conf/lila.original.conf conf/lila.conf
-    cp conf/lila-ws.original.conf conf/lila-ws.conf
-
-    # if we're running on Gitpod, we need to replace the localhost URLs with the Gitpod URLs
-    if [ ! -z "$GITPOD_WORKSPACE_ID" ]; then
-        echo "Replacing localhost URLs with Gitpod URLs..."
-        find ./conf/lila.conf ./conf/lila-ws.conf -type f -exec sed -i "s/http:\/\/localhost:8080/$(gp url 8080 | sed 's/\//\\\//g')/g" {} \;
-        find ./conf/lila.conf ./conf/lila-ws.conf -type f -exec sed -i "s/http:\/\/localhost:3001/$(gp url 3001 | sed 's/\//\\\//g')/g" {} \;
-        find ./conf/lila.conf ./conf/lila-ws.conf -type f -exec sed -i "s/localhost:8080/$(gp url 8080 | cut -c9-)/g" {} \;
-    fi
-}
-
 run_start() {
     if [ -z "$(docker compose ps -a --services | xargs)" ]; then
         run_setup