diff --git a/docker/compose/zrok-public-share/docker-compose.yml b/docker/compose/zrok-public-share/docker-compose.yml
index 7fb0e4d0..53f71017 100644
--- a/docker/compose/zrok-public-share/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/compose/zrok-public-share/docker-compose.yml
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ services:
     environment:
       HOME: /mnt
       PFXLOG_NO_JSON: "true"
-    volumes:
-      - zrok_env:/mnt/.zrok
-    environment:
-      HOME: /mnt
-      PFXLOG_NO_JSON: "true"
 
   # demo servers you can share with zrok
   zrok-test:
diff --git a/docs/guides/docker-share/v0.3_docker_private_share_guide.md b/docs/guides/docker-share/docker_private_share_guide.md
similarity index 94%
rename from docs/guides/docker-share/v0.3_docker_private_share_guide.md
rename to docs/guides/docker-share/docker_private_share_guide.md
index de3fa938..d3ef8323 100644
--- a/docs/guides/docker-share/v0.3_docker_private_share_guide.md
+++ b/docs/guides/docker-share/docker_private_share_guide.md
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ First, let's create the private share.
     ZROK_ENABLE_TOKEN="8UL9-48rN0ua"
     ```
 
+1. If you are self-hosting zrok then it's important to set your API endpoint URL too. If you're using the hosted zrok service then you can skip this step.
+
+    ```bash
+    # file name ".env"
+    ZROK_API_ENDPOINT="https://zrok.example.com"
+    ```
+
 1. Run your Compose project to start sharing the built-in demo web server:
 
     ```bash
diff --git a/docs/guides/docker-share/v0.3_docker_public_share_guide.md b/docs/guides/docker-share/docker_public_share_guide.md
similarity index 91%
rename from docs/guides/docker-share/v0.3_docker_public_share_guide.md
rename to docs/guides/docker-share/docker_public_share_guide.md
index 3b3c320b..9bb6db0e 100644
--- a/docs/guides/docker-share/v0.3_docker_public_share_guide.md
+++ b/docs/guides/docker-share/docker_public_share_guide.md
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ To follow this guide you will need [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
     ZROK_ENABLE_TOKEN="8UL9-48rN0ua"
     ```
 
+1. If you are self-hosting zrok then it's important to set your API endpoint URL too. If you're using the hosted zrok service then you can skip this step.
+
+    ```bash
+    # file name ".env"
+    ZROK_API_ENDPOINT="https://zrok.example.com"
+    ```
+
 1. Run your Compose project to start sharing the built-in demo web server:
 
     ```bash
diff --git a/docs/guides/self-hosting/self_hosting_guide.md b/docs/guides/self-hosting/self_hosting_guide.md
index 940ba3d5..0ee17a35 100644
--- a/docs/guides/self-hosting/self_hosting_guide.md
+++ b/docs/guides/self-hosting/self_hosting_guide.md
@@ -53,18 +53,21 @@ admin:
   # generate these admin tokens from a source of randomness, e.g. 
   #  LC_ALL=C tr -dc _A-Z-a-z-0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c32
   secrets:
-    -               Q8V0LqnNb5wNX9kE1fgQ0H6VlcvJybB1
+    -               Q8V0LqnNb5wNX9kE1fgQ0H6VlcvJybB1  # be sure to change this!
 
 endpoint:
   host:             0.0.0.0
   port:             18080
 
+invites:
+  invites_open:    true
+
 store:
   path:             zrok.db
   type:             sqlite3
 
 ziti:
-  api_endpoint:     "https://127.0.0.1:1280"
+  api_endpoint:     "https://127.0.0.1:8441"
   username:         admin
   password:         "XO0xHp75uuyeireO2xmmVlK91T7B9fpD"
 
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ ziti:
 
 The `admin` section defines privileged administrative credentials and must be set in the `ZROK_ADMIN_TOKEN` environment variable in shells where you want to run `zrok admin`.
 
-The `endpoint` section defines where your `zrok` controller will listen. 
+The `endpoint` section defines where your `zrok` controller will listen.
 
 The `store` section defines the local `sqlite3` database used by the controller.
 
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ To work with a self-hosted `zrok` deployment, you'll need to set the `ZROK_API_E
 In my case, I've set:
 
 ```bash
-export ZROK_API_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:18080
+export ZROK_API_ENDPOINT=http://127.0.0.1:18080
 ```
 
 ## Bootstrap OpenZiti for zrok