diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index a5ba26b3f..35c5f83d3 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ NEXT_PUBLIC_TRACK_EVENTS=0
 NEXT_PUBLIC_SLACK_CLIENT_ID=""
 
 # Backend
+
+# Database Settings
+PGUSER="plane"
+PGPASSWORD="plane"
+PGHOST="plane-db"
+PGDATABASE="plane"
+
 # Email Settings
 EMAIL_HOST=""
 EMAIL_HOST_USER=""
@@ -32,8 +39,10 @@ EMAIL_FROM="Team Plane <team@mailer.plane.so>"
 AWS_REGION=""
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="access-key"
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="secret-key"
+# Changing this requires change in the nginx.conf for uploads if using minio setup
 AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME="uploads"
-AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL=""
+# Maximum file upload limit
+FILE_SIZE_LIMIT=5242880
 
 # GPT settings
 OPENAI_API_KEY=""
@@ -45,13 +54,11 @@ GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET="" # For fetching release notes
 # Settings related to Docker
 DOCKERIZED=1
 
-# Database Settings
-PGUSER="plane"
-PGPASSWORD="plane"
-PGHOST="plane-db"
-PGDATABASE="plane"
-
 # Nginx Configuration
 NGINX_PORT=80
 
+# Default Creds
+DEFAULT_EMAIL="captain@plane.so"
+DEFAULT_PASSWORD="password123"
+
 # Auto generated and Required that will be generated from setup.sh
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diff --git a/apiserver/plane/api/views/asset.py b/apiserver/plane/api/views/asset.py
index 0102867d7..0f0513405 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/api/views/asset.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/api/views/asset.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class FileAssetEndpoint(BaseAPIView):
 
                 serializer.save(workspace_id=request.user.last_workspace_id)
                 response_data = serializer.data
-                if settings.DOCKERIZED and settings.AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL in response_data["asset"]:
+                if settings.DOCKERIZED and settings.USE_MINIO:
                     response_data["asset"] = response_data["asset"].replace(settings.AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL, settings.WEB_URL)
                 return Response(response_data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
             return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class UserAssetsEndpoint(BaseAPIView):
             if serializer.is_valid():
                 serializer.save()
                 response_data = serializer.data
-                if settings.DOCKERIZED and settings.AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL in response_data["asset"]:
+                if settings.DOCKERIZED and settings.USE_MINIO:
                     response_data["asset"] = response_data["asset"].replace(settings.AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL, settings.WEB_URL)
                 return Response(response_data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
             return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/api/views/issue.py b/apiserver/plane/api/views/issue.py
index abdfe6aae..74d0d466c 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/api/views/issue.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/api/views/issue.py
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ class IssueAttachmentEndpoint(BaseAPIView):
                 response_data = serializer.data
                 if (
                     settings.DOCKERIZED
-                    and settings.AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL in response_data["asset"]
+                    and settings.USE_MINIO
                 ):
                     response_data["asset"] = response_data["asset"].replace(
                         settings.AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL, settings.WEB_URL
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/db/models/asset.py b/apiserver/plane/db/models/asset.py
index e37f2c0b0..01ef1d9d8 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/db/models/asset.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/db/models/asset.py
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@ def get_upload_path(instance, filename):
 
 
 def file_size(value):
-    # File limit check is only for cloud hosted
-    if not settings.DOCKERIZED:
-        limit = 5 * 1024 * 1024
-        if value.size > limit:
-            raise ValidationError("File too large. Size should not exceed 5 MB.")
+    if value.size > settings.FILE_SIZE_LIMIT:
+        raise ValidationError("File too large. Size should not exceed 5 MB.")
 
 
 class FileAsset(BaseModel):
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/db/models/issue.py b/apiserver/plane/db/models/issue.py
index f58d4ac13..e25695c42 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/db/models/issue.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/db/models/issue.py
@@ -211,10 +211,8 @@ def get_upload_path(instance, filename):
 
 def file_size(value):
     # File limit check is only for cloud hosted
-    if not settings.DOCKERIZED:
-        limit = 5 * 1024 * 1024
-        if value.size > limit:
-            raise ValidationError("File too large. Size should not exceed 5 MB.")
+    if value.size > settings.FILE_SIZE_LIMIT:
+        raise ValidationError("File too large. Size should not exceed 5 MB.")
 
 
 class IssueAttachment(ProjectBaseModel):
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/settings/local.py b/apiserver/plane/settings/local.py
index 70a4be49a..324d2edbe 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/settings/local.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/settings/local.py
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ DOCKERIZED = int(os.environ.get(
     "DOCKERIZED", 0
 ))  == 1
 
+USE_MINIO = int(os.environ.get("USE_MINIO"), 0) == 1
+
+FILE_SIZE_LIMIT = int(os.environ.get("FILE_SIZE_LIMIT",  5242880))
+
 if DOCKERIZED:
     DATABASES["default"] = dj_database_url.config()
 
@@ -86,5 +90,4 @@ LOGGER_BASE_URL = os.environ.get("LOGGER_BASE_URL", False)
 CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = os.environ.get("REDIS_URL")
 CELERY_BROKER_URL = os.environ.get("REDIS_URL")
 
-
-GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN = os.environ.get("GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN", False)
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+GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN = os.environ.get("GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN", False)
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/settings/production.py b/apiserver/plane/settings/production.py
index 81a3c2082..a1d450137 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/settings/production.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/settings/production.py
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ DOCKERIZED = int(os.environ.get(
     "DOCKERIZED", 0
 ))  == 1
 
+USE_MINIO = int(os.environ.get("USE_MINIO"), 0) == 1
+
+FILE_SIZE_LIMIT = int(os.environ.get("FILE_SIZE_LIMIT", 5242880))
+
 # Enable Connection Pooling (if desired)
 # DATABASES['default']['ENGINE'] = 'django_postgrespool'
 
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ if bool(os.environ.get("SENTRY_DSN", False)):
         environment="production",
     )
 
-if DOCKERIZED:
+if DOCKERIZED and USE_MINIO:
     DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage'
     # The AWS access key to use.
     AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = os.environ.get("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "access-key")
@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ if DOCKERIZED:
     # The name of the bucket to store files in.
     AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = os.environ.get("AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME", "uploads")
     # The full URL to the S3 endpoint. Leave blank to use the default region URL.
-    AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL = os.environ.get("AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL", "http://plane-minio:9000")
+    AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL = "http://plane-minio:9000"
     # Default permissions
     AWS_DEFAULT_ACL = "public-read"
     AWS_QUERYSTRING_AUTH = False
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/settings/staging.py b/apiserver/plane/settings/staging.py
index d1d8e1749..c5db5d300 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/settings/staging.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/settings/staging.py
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
 DOCKERIZED = int(os.environ.get(
     "DOCKERIZED", 0
 ))  == 1
+FILE_SIZE_LIMIT = int(os.environ.get("FILE_SIZE_LIMIT", 5242880))
+USE_MINIO = int(os.environ.get("USE_MINIO"), 0) == 1
 
 sentry_sdk.init(
     dsn=os.environ.get("SENTRY_DSN"),
@@ -169,7 +171,6 @@ CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
 
 
 REDIS_URL = os.environ.get("REDIS_URL")
-DOCKERIZED = os.environ.get("DOCKERIZED", False)
 
 CACHES = {
     "default": {
diff --git a/docker-compose-hub.yml b/docker-compose-hub.yml
index 97ef38260..1bdd41d07 100644
--- a/docker-compose-hub.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-hub.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ services:
                         AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}
                         AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
                         AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME: ${AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME}
+                        FILE_SIZE_LIMIT: ${FILE_SIZE_LIMIT}
                         WEB_URL: ${WEB_URL}
                         GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET: ${GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET}
                         DISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC: 1
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ services:
                         OPENAI_API_KEY: ${OPENAI_API_KEY}
                         GPT_ENGINE: ${GPT_ENGINE}
                         SECRET_KEY: ${SECRET_KEY}
+                        DEFAULT_EMAIL: ${DEFAULT_EMAIL}
+                        DEFAULT_PASSWORD: ${DEFAULT_PASSWORD}
+                        USE_MINIO: 1
                 depends_on:
                         - plane-db
                         - plane-redis
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ services:
                         AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}
                         AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
                         AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME: ${AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME}
+                        FILE_SIZE_LIMIT: ${FILE_SIZE_LIMIT}
                         WEB_URL: ${WEB_URL}
                         GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET: ${GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET}
                         DISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC: 1
@@ -73,6 +78,9 @@ services:
                         OPENAI_API_KEY: ${OPENAI_API_KEY}
                         GPT_ENGINE: ${GPT_ENGINE}
                         SECRET_KEY: ${SECRET_KEY}
+                        DEFAULT_EMAIL: ${DEFAULT_EMAIL}
+                        DEFAULT_PASSWORD: ${DEFAULT_PASSWORD}
+                        USE_MINIO: 1
                 depends_on:
                         - plane-api
                         - plane-db
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index fe9e5f15d..19f95f875 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ services:
                         AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
                         AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME: ${AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME}
                         AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL: ${AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL}
+                        FILE_SIZE_LIMIT: ${FILE_SIZE_LIMIT}
                         WEB_URL: ${WEB_URL}
                         GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET: ${GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET}
                         DISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC: 1
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ services:
                         OPENAI_API_KEY: ${OPENAI_API_KEY}
                         GPT_ENGINE: ${GPT_ENGINE}
                         SECRET_KEY: ${SECRET_KEY}
+                        DEFAULT_EMAIL: ${DEFAULT_EMAIL}
+                        DEFAULT_PASSWORD: ${DEFAULT_PASSWORD}
+                        USE_MINIO: 1
                 depends_on:
                         - plane-db
                         - plane-redis
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ services:
                         AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
                         AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME: ${AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME}
                         AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL: ${AWS_S3_ENDPOINT_URL}
+                        FILE_SIZE_LIMIT: ${FILE_SIZE_LIMIT}
                         WEB_URL: ${WEB_URL}
                         GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET: ${GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET}
                         DISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC: 1
@@ -81,6 +86,9 @@ services:
                         OPENAI_API_KEY: ${OPENAI_API_KEY}
                         GPT_ENGINE: ${GPT_ENGINE}
                         SECRET_KEY: ${SECRET_KEY}
+                        DEFAULT_EMAIL: ${DEFAULT_EMAIL}
+                        DEFAULT_PASSWORD: ${DEFAULT_PASSWORD}
+                        USE_MINIO: 1
                 depends_on:
                         - plane-api
                         - plane-db
@@ -136,7 +144,7 @@ services:
                   dockerfile: Dockerfile
                 restart: always
                 ports:
-                  - ${NGINX_PORT}:80
+                        - ${NGINX_PORT}:80
                 depends_on:
                   - plane-web
                   - plane-api
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 7fc5847e0..8c1f81a48 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export LC_CTYPE=C
 echo -e "\nNEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL=$1"  >> ./.env
 
 # Generate the SECRET_KEY that will be used by django
-echo -e "SECRET_KEY=\"$(tr -dc 'a-z0-9!@#$%^&*(-_=+)' < /dev/urandom | head -c50)\""  >> ./.env
+echo -e "SECRET_KEY=\"$(tr -dc 'a-z0-9' < /dev/urandom | head -c50)\""  >> ./.env
 
 # WEB_URL for email redirection and image saving
 echo -e "WEB_URL=$1" >> ./.env