diff --git a/dev.env b/dev.env
index 86a6e76..a4e1af4 100644
--- a/dev.env
+++ b/dev.env
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 # - accept self signed certificates
 DEV_MODE=true
 
+# accept self signed certificates 
+IGNORE_TLS_CERT_ERRORS=true
+
 # user and group used for 
 # this avoid any file permission issues with files 
 # created inside docker (e.g. node_modules)
diff --git a/docker-compose.tmpl.yml b/docker-compose.tmpl.yml
index b923a60..c4c71b6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.tmpl.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.tmpl.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # don't edit this directly.
 {{/* -------- */}}
 
+{{ $ignore_tls_cert_errors :=  or (isTrue .Env.DEV_MODE) (isTrue .Env.IGNORE_TLS_CERT_ERRORS)}}
+
 services:
   bbb-web:
     build: 
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ services:
       test: wget --no-proxy --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://10.7.7.2:8090/bigbluebutton/api || exit 1
       start_period: 2m
     environment:
-      DEV_MODE: ${DEV_MODE:-}
+      IGNORE_TLS_CERT_ERRORS: {{ $ignore_tls_cert_errors }}
       DOMAIN: ${DOMAIN}
       ENABLE_RECORDING: ${ENABLE_RECORDING:-false}
       SHARED_SECRET: ${SHARED_SECRET}
@@ -36,7 +38,6 @@ services:
       TURN_EXT_SERVER: ${TURN_EXT_SERVER:-}
       TURN_EXT_SECRET: ${TURN_EXT_SECRET:-}
       ENABLE_LEARNING_DASHBOARD: ${ENABLE_LEARNING_DASHBOARD:-true}
-      NUMBER_OF_BACKEND_NODEJS_PROCESSES: {{ .Env.NUMBER_OF_BACKEND_NODEJS_PROCESSES }}
     volumes:
       - ./data/bigbluebutton:/var/bigbluebutton
       - ./data/freeswitch-meetings:/var/freeswitch/meetings
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@ services:
       - ./data/haproxy/letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt
       - ./mod/haproxy/haproxy.cfg:/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg
     environment:
-      - DEV_MODE=${DEV_MODE:-}
+      - IGNORE_TLS_CERT_ERRORS={{$ignore_tls_cert_errors}}
       - CERT1=${DOMAIN}
       - STAGING=true
       - EMAIL=test@chandi.it
@@ -449,7 +450,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres:${POSTGRESQL_SECRET:-password}@postgres:5432/greenlight-v3
       REDIS_URL: redis://redis:6379
-      {{ if isTrue .Env.DEV_MODE }}
+      {{ if $ignore_tls_cert_errors }}
       BIGBLUEBUTTON_ENDPOINT: http://10.7.7.1:48083/bigbluebutton/api
       {{else}}
       BIGBLUEBUTTON_ENDPOINT: https://${DOMAIN}/bigbluebutton/api
diff --git a/mod/bbb-web/bbb-web.properties b/mod/bbb-web/bbb-web.properties
index 1604d0d..1357f23 100644
--- a/mod/bbb-web/bbb-web.properties
+++ b/mod/bbb-web/bbb-web.properties
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ securitySalt={{ .Env.SHARED_SECRET }}
 
 redisHost=redis
 
-{{ if isTrue .Env.DEV_MODE }}
+{{ if isTrue .Env.IGNORE_TLS_CERT_ERRORS }}
 beans.presentationService.defaultUploadedPresentation=https://test27.bigbluebutton.org/default.pdf
 # fetch presentations without HTTPS
 presentationBaseURL=http://{{ .Env.DOMAIN }}/bigbluebutton/presentation
diff --git a/mod/bbb-web/turn-stun-servers.xml b/mod/bbb-web/turn-stun-servers.xml
index 02a2c27..de92838 100644
--- a/mod/bbb-web/turn-stun-servers.xml
+++ b/mod/bbb-web/turn-stun-servers.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <constructor-arg index="2" value="86400"/>
     </bean>
 
-    {{if and (isTrue .Env.ENABLE_HTTPS_PROXY) (not (isTrue .Env.DEV_MODE))  }}
+    {{if and (isTrue .Env.ENABLE_HTTPS_PROXY) (not (isTrue .Env.IGNORE_TLS_CERT_ERRORS))  }}
     {{/* ignore when using a self signed certificate in dev mode */}}
     <bean id="turn1" class="org.bigbluebutton.web.services.turn.TurnServer">
         <constructor-arg index="0" value="{{ .Env.TURN_SECRET }}"/>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             <set>
                 <ref bean="turn0" />
                 
-                {{if and (isTrue .Env.ENABLE_HTTPS_PROXY) (not (isTrue .Env.DEV_MODE))  }}
+                {{if and (isTrue .Env.ENABLE_HTTPS_PROXY) (not (isTrue .Env.IGNORE_TLS_CERT_ERRORS))  }}
                 <ref bean="turn1" />
                 {{end}}
 
diff --git a/mod/haproxy/bootstrap.sh b/mod/haproxy/bootstrap.sh
index c74a831..88c28e1 100755
--- a/mod/haproxy/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/mod/haproxy/bootstrap.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -e
 
 declare -p | grep -Ev '^declare -[[:alpha:]]*r' > /container.env
 
-if [ "$DEV_MODE" ]; then
+if [ "$IGNORE_TLS_CERT_ERRORS" ]; then
     # use self signed certificate
     if [ ! -f /etc/haproxy/certs/haproxy-10.7.7.1.pem ]; then
         mkdir -p /etc/haproxy/certs
diff --git a/scripts/generate-compose b/scripts/generate-compose
index 3da41cb..5db14b9 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-compose
+++ b/scripts/generate-compose
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ docker run  \
     -e COMMIT_ETHERPAD_PLUGIN=$(get_tag repos/bbb-etherpad-plugin) \
     -e BBB_BUILD_TAG=${BBB_BUILD_TAG} \
     -e DEV_MODE=${DEV_MODE:-false} \
+    -e IGNORE_TLS_CERT_ERRORS=${IGNORE_TLS_CERT_ERRORS:-} \
     -e EXTERNAL_IPv6=${EXTERNAL_IPv6:-} \
     -e ENABLE_RECORDING=${ENABLE_RECORDING:-false} \
     -e ENABLE_HTTPS_PROXY=${ENABLE_HTTPS_PROXY:-false} \