diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index b98adf171..90070de19 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -21,20 +21,15 @@ AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME="uploads"
 FILE_SIZE_LIMIT=5242880
 
 # GPT settings
-OPENAI_API_BASE="https://api.openai.com/v1" # change if using a custom endpoint
-OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-" # add your openai key here
-GPT_ENGINE="gpt-3.5-turbo" # use "gpt-4" if you have access
+OPENAI_API_BASE="https://api.openai.com/v1" # deprecated
+OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-" # deprecated
+GPT_ENGINE="gpt-3.5-turbo" # deprecated
 
 # Settings related to Docker
-DOCKERIZED=1
+DOCKERIZED=1  # deprecated
+
 # set to 1 If using the pre-configured minio setup
 USE_MINIO=1
 
 # Nginx Configuration
 NGINX_PORT=80
-
-# Set it to 0, to disable it
-ENABLE_WEBHOOK=1
-
-# Set it to 0, to disable it
-ENABLE_API=1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 388c5a4ef..880b9ee56 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 ENV PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1 
 ENV DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE plane.settings.production
-ENV DOCKERIZED 1
 
 WORKDIR /code
 
diff --git a/ENV_SETUP.md b/ENV_SETUP.md
index 800d0a335..7a54f77a0 100644
--- a/ENV_SETUP.md
+++ b/ENV_SETUP.md
@@ -31,12 +31,10 @@ AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME="uploads"
 FILE_SIZE_LIMIT=5242880
 ​
 # GPT settings
-OPENAI_API_BASE="https://api.openai.com/v1" # change if using a custom endpoint
-OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-" # add your openai key here
-GPT_ENGINE="gpt-3.5-turbo" # use "gpt-4" if you have access
+OPENAI_API_BASE="https://api.openai.com/v1" # deprecated
+OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-" # deprecated
+GPT_ENGINE="gpt-3.5-turbo" # deprecated
 ​
-# Settings related to Docker
-DOCKERIZED=1
 # set to 1 If using the pre-configured minio setup
 USE_MINIO=1
 ​
@@ -115,15 +113,16 @@ AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME="uploads"
 FILE_SIZE_LIMIT=5242880
 ​
 # GPT settings
-OPENAI_API_BASE="https://api.openai.com/v1" # change if using a custom endpoint
-OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-" # add your openai key here
-GPT_ENGINE="gpt-3.5-turbo" # use "gpt-4" if you have access
+OPENAI_API_BASE="https://api.openai.com/v1" # deprecated
+OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-" # deprecated
+GPT_ENGINE="gpt-3.5-turbo" # deprecated
 ​
+# Settings related to Docker
+DOCKERIZED=1  # Deprecated
+
 # Github
 GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET="" # For fetching release notes
 ​
-# Settings related to Docker
-DOCKERIZED=1
 # set to 1 If using the pre-configured minio setup
 USE_MINIO=1
 ​
diff --git a/apiserver/.env.example b/apiserver/.env.example
index 5b7d1c020..83f2d8e76 100644
--- a/apiserver/.env.example
+++ b/apiserver/.env.example
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Backend
 # Debug value for api server use it as 0 for production use
 DEBUG=0
-CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS="http://localhost"
+CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=""
 
 # Error logs
 SENTRY_DSN=""
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME="uploads"
 FILE_SIZE_LIMIT=5242880
 
 # GPT settings
-OPENAI_API_BASE="https://api.openai.com/v1" # change if using a custom endpoint
-OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-" # add your openai key here
-GPT_ENGINE="gpt-3.5-turbo" # use "gpt-4" if you have access
+OPENAI_API_BASE="https://api.openai.com/v1" # deprecated
+OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-" # deprecated
+GPT_ENGINE="gpt-3.5-turbo" # deprecated
 
 # Github
 GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET="" # For fetching release notes
@@ -58,12 +58,6 @@ ENABLE_MAGIC_LINK_LOGIN="0"
 # Email redirections and minio domain settings
 WEB_URL="http://localhost"
 
-# Set it to 0, to disable it
-ENABLE_WEBHOOK=1
-
-# Set it to 0, to disable it
-ENABLE_API=1
-
 # Gunicorn Workers
 GUNICORN_WORKERS=2
 
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/api/urls/__init__.py b/apiserver/plane/api/urls/__init__.py
index 1e3c1cbca..e6088cb14 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/api/urls/__init__.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/api/urls/__init__.py
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
     *user_urls,
     *view_urls,
     *workspace_urls,
+    *api_urls,
+    *webhook_urls,
 ]
-
-if settings.ENABLE_WEBHOOK:
-    urlpatterns += webhook_urls
-
-if settings.ENABLE_API:
-    urlpatterns += api_urls
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/api/views/base.py b/apiserver/plane/api/views/base.py
index 71f9c1842..de7bafd57 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/api/views/base.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/api/views/base.py
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ class WebhookMixin:
             self.webhook_event
             and self.request.method in ["POST", "PATCH", "DELETE"]
             and response.status_code in [200, 201, 204]
-            and settings.ENABLE_WEBHOOK
         ):
             send_webhook.delay(
                 event=self.webhook_event,
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/api/views/project.py b/apiserver/plane/api/views/project.py
index 08c7fee4d..ce7750105 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/api/views/project.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/api/views/project.py
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class ProjectInvitationsViewset(BaseViewSet):
         project_invitations = ProjectMemberInvite.objects.bulk_create(
             project_invitations, batch_size=10, ignore_conflicts=True
         )
-        current_site = f"{request.scheme}://{request.get_host()}",
+        current_site = request.META.get('HTTP_ORIGIN')
 
         # Send invitations
         for invitation in project_invitations:
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/api/views/workspace.py b/apiserver/plane/api/views/workspace.py
index 3fc9b7bde..8804d48ef 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/api/views/workspace.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/api/views/workspace.py
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class WorkspaceInvitationsViewset(BaseViewSet):
             workspace_invitations, batch_size=10, ignore_conflicts=True
         )
 
-        current_site = f"{request.scheme}://{request.get_host()}",
+        current_site = request.META.get('HTTP_ORIGIN')
 
         # Send invitations
         for invitation in workspace_invitations:
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/settings/common.py b/apiserver/plane/settings/common.py
index c3d1c6adb..0ef96717f 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/settings/common.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/settings/common.py
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ DEBUG = False
 # Allowed Hosts
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*"]
 
-# To access webhook
-ENABLE_WEBHOOK = os.environ.get("ENABLE_WEBHOOK", "1") == "1"
-
-# To access plane api through api tokens
-ENABLE_API = os.environ.get("ENABLE_API", "1") == "1"
-
 # Redirect if / is not present
 APPEND_SLASH = True
 
@@ -120,7 +114,13 @@ CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
 
 # CORS Settings
 CORS_ALLOW_CREDENTIALS = True
-CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = os.environ.get("CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS", "").split(",")
+cors_origins_raw = os.environ.get("CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS", "")
+# filter out empty strings
+cors_allowed_origins = [origin.strip() for origin in cors_origins_raw.split(",") if origin.strip()]
+if cors_allowed_origins:
+    CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = cors_allowed_origins
+else:
+    CORS_ALLOW_ALL_ORIGINS = True
 
 # Application Settings
 WSGI_APPLICATION = "plane.wsgi.application"
@@ -221,7 +221,9 @@ STORAGES = {
         "BACKEND": "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage",
     },
 }
-STORAGES["default"] = {"BACKEND": "storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage"}
+STORAGES["default"] = {
+    "BACKEND": "storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage",
+}
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = os.environ.get("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "access-key")
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = os.environ.get("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "secret-key")
 AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = os.environ.get("AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME", "uploads")
@@ -319,16 +321,5 @@ GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN = os.environ.get("GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN", False)
 ANALYTICS_SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get("ANALYTICS_SECRET_KEY", False)
 ANALYTICS_BASE_API = os.environ.get("ANALYTICS_BASE_API", False)
 
-# Open AI Settings
-OPENAI_API_BASE = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_BASE", "https://api.openai.com/v1")
-OPENAI_API_KEY = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY", False)
-GPT_ENGINE = os.environ.get("GPT_ENGINE", "gpt-3.5-turbo")
-
-# Scout Settings
-SCOUT_MONITOR = os.environ.get("SCOUT_MONITOR", False)
-SCOUT_KEY = os.environ.get("SCOUT_KEY", "")
-SCOUT_NAME = "Plane"
-
-# Set the variable true if running in docker environment
-DOCKERIZED = int(os.environ.get("DOCKERIZED", 1)) == 1
+# Use Minio settings
 USE_MINIO = int(os.environ.get("USE_MINIO", 0)) == 1
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/settings/local.py b/apiserver/plane/settings/local.py
index 9fa5ed0aa..8f27d4234 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/settings/local.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/settings/local.py
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ from .common import *  # noqa
 
 DEBUG = True
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
-    "*",
-]
-
 # Debug Toolbar settings
 INSTALLED_APPS += ("debug_toolbar",)
 MIDDLEWARE += ("debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware",)
@@ -24,13 +20,9 @@ CACHES = {
 
 INTERNAL_IPS = ("127.0.0.1",)
 
-CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL = True
-
 MEDIA_URL = "/uploads/"
 MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "uploads")
 
-# For local settings
-CORS_ALLOW_ALL_ORIGINS = True
 CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = [
     "http://localhost:3000",
     "http://127.0.0.1:3000",
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/settings/production.py b/apiserver/plane/settings/production.py
index b230bbc32..90eb04dd5 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/settings/production.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/settings/production.py
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ INSTALLED_APPS += ("scout_apm.django",)
 
 # Honor the 'X-Forwarded-Proto' header for request.is_secure()
 SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO", "https")
+
+# Scout Settings
+SCOUT_MONITOR = os.environ.get("SCOUT_MONITOR", False)
+SCOUT_KEY = os.environ.get("SCOUT_KEY", "")
+SCOUT_NAME = "Plane"
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/urls.py b/apiserver/plane/urls.py
index 1d150d51d..66f6714fb 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/urls.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/urls.py
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path("", TemplateView.as_view(template_name="index.html")),
     path("api/", include("plane.api.urls")),
     path("api/licenses/", include("plane.license.urls")),
+    path("api/v1/", include("plane.proxy.urls")),
     path("", include("plane.web.urls")),
 ]
 
-if settings.ENABLE_API:
-    urlpatterns += path("api/v1/", include("plane.proxy.urls")),
 
 if settings.DEBUG:
     import debug_toolbar
diff --git a/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml b/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
index 1cfc01767..2ab4fbba6 100644
--- a/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,13 +10,9 @@ x-app-env : &app-env
     - NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_URL=${NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_URL:-http://localhost/spaces}
     - SENTRY_DSN=${SENTRY_DSN:-""}
     - GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=${GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET:-""}
-    - DOCKERIZED=${DOCKERIZED:-1}
-    # BASE WEBHOOK
-    - ENABLE_WEBHOOK=${ENABLE_WEBHOOK:-1}
-    # BASE API
-    - ENABLE_API=${ENABLE_API:-1}
-    - CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=${CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS:-http://localhost}
-      # Gunicorn Workers
+    - DOCKERIZED=${DOCKERIZED:-1}  # deprecated
+    - CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=${CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS:-""}
+    # Gunicorn Workers
     - GUNICORN_WORKERS=${GUNICORN_WORKERS:-2}
     #DB SETTINGS
     - PGHOST=${PGHOST:-plane-db}
@@ -38,7 +34,9 @@ x-app-env : &app-env
     - EMAIL_FROM=${EMAIL_FROM:-"Team Plane <team@mailer.plane.so>"}
     - EMAIL_USE_TLS=${EMAIL_USE_TLS:-1}
     - EMAIL_USE_SSL=${EMAIL_USE_SSL:-0}
-    # OPENAI SETTINGS
+    - DEFAULT_EMAIL=${DEFAULT_EMAIL:-captain@plane.so}
+    - DEFAULT_PASSWORD=${DEFAULT_PASSWORD:-password123}
+    # OPENAI SETTINGS - Deprecated can be configured through admin panel
     - OPENAI_API_BASE=${OPENAI_API_BASE:-https://api.openai.com/v1}
     - OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY:-"sk-"}
     - GPT_ENGINE=${GPT_ENGINE:-"gpt-3.5-turbo"}
diff --git a/deploy/selfhost/variables.env b/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
index f5a890fef..1ad6ee51a 100644
--- a/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
+++ b/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
@@ -12,13 +12,9 @@ NEXT_PUBLIC_ENABLE_OAUTH=0
 NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOY_URL=http://localhost/spaces
 SENTRY_DSN=""
 GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=""
-DOCKERIZED=1
-CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS="http://localhost"
+DOCKERIZED=1 # deprecated
+CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=""
 
-# Webhook
-ENABLE_WEBHOOK=1
-# API
-ENABLE_API=1
 
 #DB SETTINGS
 PGHOST=plane-db
@@ -44,9 +40,9 @@ EMAIL_USE_TLS=1
 EMAIL_USE_SSL=0
 
 # OPENAI SETTINGS
-OPENAI_API_BASE=https://api.openai.com/v1
-OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-"
-GPT_ENGINE="gpt-3.5-turbo"
+OPENAI_API_BASE=https://api.openai.com/v1 # deprecated
+OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-" # deprecated
+GPT_ENGINE="gpt-3.5-turbo" # deprecated
 
 # LOGIN/SIGNUP SETTINGS
 ENABLE_SIGNUP=1