diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 514b9dd..4a8023b 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # https://console.groq.com/keys
 GROQ_API_KEY=APIKEYGOESHERE
 # https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys
-OPENAI_API_KEY=APIKEYGOESHERE
+OPENAI_API_KEY=ysk-proj-xedGbtL9wGg7MQH-KGmHbsKStRm3UipNDMnt_zoefmPvQZS0ueQ3dhcp2ipQSUMwmXO1lCjvFQT3BlbkFJgJs-ObKe8oBuqv7O-KQ22aOWXqwoicJCzc6IAdk4_v6vjDxcvvcOqEK2DJQcWm7RX8jXzdh-oA
 # https://serper.dev/
 SERPER_API=APIKEYGOESHERE
 # Brave Search API Key (Serper is the default, brave is an alternative option for search)
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=APIKEYGOESHERE
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=APIKEYGOESHERE
 
 # OPTIONAL - FAL.AI (Stable Diffusion 3)
-FAL_KEY=APIKEYGOESHERE
\ No newline at end of file
+FAL_KEY=APIKEYGOESHERE
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index bc514bc..91be305 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@ services:
   llm-answer-engine:
     build: .
     environment:
-      - OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key
-      - GROQ_API_KEY=your_groq_api_key
-      - BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY=your_brave_search_api_key
-      - SERPER_API=your_serper_api_key
+      - OPENAI_API_KEY=ysk-proj-xedGbtL9wGg7MQH-KGmHbsKStRm3UipNDMnt_zoefmPvQZS0ueQ3dhcp2ipQSUMwmXO1lCjvFQT3BlbkFJgJs-ObKe8oBuqv7O-KQ22aOWXqwoicJCzc6IAdk4_v6vjDxcvvcOqEK2DJQcWm7RX8jXzdh-oA
 # uncomment the following to change the default config (ollama, etc)
 #    volumes:
 #      - $PWD/app/config.tsx:/home/node/app/app/config.tsx:ro
diff --git a/express-api/.env.example b/express-api/.env.example
index ab89e31..f35b991 100644
--- a/express-api/.env.example
+++ b/express-api/.env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-# https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys
-OPENAI_API_KEY=APIKEYGOESHERE
-# https://console.groq.com/keys
-GROQ_API_KEY=APIKEYGOESHERE
-# https://brave.com/search/api/
-BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY=APIKEYGOESHERE
\ No newline at end of file
+# OpenAI configuration
+OPENAI_API_KEY="ysk-proj-xedGbtL9wGg7MQH-KGmHbsKStRm3UipNDMnt_zoefmPvQZS0ueQ3dhcp2ipQSUMwmXO1lCjvFQT3BlbkFJgJs-ObKe8oBuqv7O-KQ22aOWXqwoicJCzc6IAdk4_v6vjDxcvvcOqEK2DJQcWm7RX8jXzdh-oA"
+# Optional: OpenAI base URL (if using a proxy)
+# OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.openai.com/v1
+# Optional: Inference model to use
+# INFERENCE_MODEL=gpt-4o-mini
+# Optional: Embeddings model
+# EMBEDDINGS_MODEL=text-embedding-3-small