diff --git a/email-proxy/.env-template b/email-proxy/.env-template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba723a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/email-proxy/.env-template
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# rename this to .env
+
+BREVO_API_KEY=brevo_api_key
+BREVO_SENDER=proxy@example.com
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diff --git a/email-proxy/.gitignore b/email-proxy/.gitignore
index 1d7b718..26a33e7 100644
--- a/email-proxy/.gitignore
+++ b/email-proxy/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+.env
 hotels.db
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diff --git a/email-proxy/README b/email-proxy/README
index be89326..06ff343 100644
--- a/email-proxy/README
+++ b/email-proxy/README
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# TODO bettter move everything to .env and gitignore it
+
 INITIAL SETUP
 
 cd email-proxy
diff --git a/email-proxy/docker-compose.yml b/email-proxy/docker-compose.yml
index ad4c70c..3ee87ef 100644
--- a/email-proxy/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/email-proxy/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 services:
   email-proxy:
-    restart: unless-stopped
     build: .
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
     volumes:
       - ./hotels.db:/app/hotels.db
     environment:
-      - BREVO_API_KEY=<KEY>
-      - BREVO_SENDER=<proxy@example.com>
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+      - BREVO_API_KEY=${BREVO_API_KEY}
+      - BREVO_SENDER=${BREVO_SENDER}
+    restart: unless-stopped
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diff --git a/email-proxy/proxy.py b/email-proxy/proxy.py
index 3269158..bf0d704 100644
--- a/email-proxy/proxy.py
+++ b/email-proxy/proxy.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def on_startup():
 
 # --- API Endpoints ---
 
-@app.post("/api/contact")
+@app.post("/contact")
 async def contact(request: Request):
     data = await request.json()
     hotel_id = data.get("hotel")
@@ -74,4 +74,3 @@ async def send_brevo_email(to_email, from_name, reply_to_email, subject, message
         )
     if r.status_code >= 400:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=f"Email failed: {r.text}")
-
diff --git a/email-proxy/update.py b/email-proxy/update.py
index 13ed7ba..3506f1a 100644
--- a/email-proxy/update.py
+++ b/email-proxy/update.py
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ command = sys.argv[1].lower()
 if command == "add" and len(sys.argv) == 4:
     # Run helper.py inside container with add
     subprocess.run([
-        "docker-compose", "run", "--rm", "email-proxy",
+        "sudo", "docker", "compose", "run", "--rm", "email-proxy",
         "python", "helper.py", "add", sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3]
     ])
 elif command == "remove" and len(sys.argv) == 3:
     # Run helper.py inside container with remove
     subprocess.run([
-        "docker-compose", "run", "--rm", "email-proxy",
+        "sudo", "docker", "compose", "run", "--rm", "email-proxy",
         "python", "helper.py", "remove", sys.argv[2]
     ])
 else:
     print("Invalid arguments.")
-    sys.exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
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