diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index d95d0f0..0e037bc 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ VERSION=0.1.0
 
 DEVELOPMENT=false
 HOST_NAME=vim.linkedmusic.ca
-PORT=8000
 
 ## WEB APP ##
 #DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=ADD DJANGO SECRET KEY HERE
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d7b784..e314994 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ NOTE: These instructions are for local development only. Refer to the "Installat
 - UMIL requires Docker Engine with Compose V2. Verify your version with `docker compose --version` and look for an output such as `Docker Compose version v2.19.1`. If you do not have the correct version, refer to the [Docker Compose Migration Documentation](https://docs.docker.com/compose/migrate/).
 
 ### Initial Set-up Instructions
-After cloning this repository, you will need a local `.env` file at the root of the directory. Copy the contents or rename the `.env.sample` file to `.env` and update it to include uncommented environment variables for the database credentials `POSTGRES_USER` and `POSTGRES_PASSWORD`, as well as the `DJANGO_SECRET_KEY`. The database credentials can be set to anything while the `DJANGO_SECRET_KEY` will need to be obtained from one of the developers working on the UMIL project. Next you will need to verify the values of the `DEVELOPMENT`, `HOST_NAME`, and `PORT` variables. For local development ONLY, these should be set to "true", "localhost", and "8000" respectively. \
+After cloning this repository, you will need a local `.env` file at the root of the directory. Copy the contents or rename the `.env.sample` file to `.env` and update it to include uncommented environment variables for the database credentials `POSTGRES_USER` and `POSTGRES_PASSWORD`, as well as the `DJANGO_SECRET_KEY`. The database credentials can be set to anything while the `DJANGO_SECRET_KEY` will need to be obtained from one of the developers working on the UMIL project. Next you will need to verify the values of the `DEVELOPMENT` and `HOST_NAME` variables. For local development ONLY, these should be set to "true" and "localhost", respectively. \
 In one terminal run the following commands to build the docker images and run the specified services.
 ```sh
 docker compose build
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ UMIL requires Docker Engine with Compose V2. Ensure that the remote server has t
 
 SSH into the server. After cloning the repository, set up a local `.env` file. Copy or rename the `.env.sample` file to `.env` and update it to include uncommented environment variables for database credentials `POSTGRES_USER` and `POSTGRES_PASSWORD`. Ensure that `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` is secure. Additionally, set `DJANGO_SECRET_KEY` with a secure secret key for Django.
 
-Ensure that the `DEVELOPMENT` variable is set to "false", and that `HOST_NAME` is set to the host name where the UMIL instance will be served (for example, "vim.linkedmusic.ca" or "vim.staging.linkedmusic.ca"). Set the `PORT` variable to "80".
+Ensure that the `DEVELOPMENT` variable is set to "false", and that `HOST_NAME` is set to the host name where the UMIL instance will be served (for example, "vim.linkedmusic.ca" or "vim.staging.linkedmusic.ca").
 Run the following commands:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 646a49a..4d4d1da 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       - HOST_NAME=${HOST_NAME}
     ports:
-      - "${PORT}:80"
+      - "8000:80"
     volumes:
       - vim-static:/virtual-instrument-museum/static
     depends_on:
diff --git a/nginx/nginx.conf b/nginx/nginx.conf
index 427bad9..b8aad0b 100644
--- a/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn; # piped to Docker log collector (see n
 pid /var/log/nginx/nginx.pid;
 
 events {
-  accept_mutex off; 
+  accept_mutex off;
 }
 
 http {