diff --git a/syncthing/readme.md b/syncthing/readme.md
index 84d5bea..f0186d1 100644
--- a/syncthing/readme.md
+++ b/syncthing/readme.md
@@ -23,17 +23,14 @@ Written in Go.
 └── ~/
     └── docker/
         └── syncthing/
+            ├── 🗋 .env
             └── 🗋 docker-compose.yml
 ```              
+* `.env` - a file containing environment variables for docker compose
 * `docker-compose.yml` - a docker compose file, telling docker how to run the container
 
 # Compose
 
-Of note is use of `network_mode: host` as the official documentation
-recommends.
-What it means is that the container is running straight on docker host IP,
-is solely in charge of ports it has inernaly defined.
-
 `docker-compose.yml`
 ```yml
 services:
@@ -43,9 +40,7 @@ services:
     container_name: syncthing
     hostname: syncthing
     restart: unless-stopped
-    environment:
-      - PUID=1000
-      - PGID=1000
+    env_file: .env
     volumes:
       - /mnt/mirror/syncthing:/var/syncthing
     network_mode: host
@@ -54,6 +49,22 @@ services:
       - 22000:22000/tcp # TCP file transfers
       - 22000:22000/udp # QUIC file transfers
       - 21027:21027/udp # Receive local discovery broadcasts
+  
+  networks:
+    default:
+      name: $DOCKER_MY_NETWORK
+      external: true      
+```
+
+`.env`
+```bash
+# GENERAL
+DOCKER_MY_NETWORK=caddy_net
+TZ=Europe/Bratislava
+
+# SYNCTHING
+PUID=1000
+PGID=1000
 ```
 
 # Reverse proxy
@@ -61,15 +72,11 @@ services:
 Caddy v2 is used, details
 [here](https://github.com/DoTheEvo/selfhosted-apps-docker/tree/master/caddy_v2).
 
-Since using the host network_mode caddy can't use hostname as it wont resolve,
-so docker host IP is just used straight up, with the port for web gui.
-
 `Caddyfile`
 ```php
 sync.{$MY_DOMAIN} {
-  reverse_proxy 10.0.19.4:8384
+  reverse_proxy syncthing:8384
 }
-
 ```
 
 # First run