diff --git a/production/scripts/docker-prod-common.sh b/production/scripts/docker-prod-common.sh
index 1066c57..c02e696 100755
--- a/production/scripts/docker-prod-common.sh
+++ b/production/scripts/docker-prod-common.sh
@@ -71,6 +71,39 @@ export_env_value_if_unset() {
   fi
 }
 
+export_compose_env_from_file() {
+  local line key value
+
+  while IFS= read -r line || [[ -n "${line}" ]]; do
+    line="${line%$'\r'}"
+
+    [[ -z "${line//[[:space:]]/}" || "${line}" =~ ^[[:space:]]*# ]] && continue
+
+    line="${line#"${line%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
+    line="${line#export }"
+
+    [[ "${line}" == *"="* ]] || continue
+
+    key="${line%%=*}"
+    value="${line#*=}"
+    key="${key//[[:space:]]/}"
+    value="${value#"${value%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
+    value="${value%"${value##*[![:space:]]}"}"
+
+    if [[ "${value}" == \"*\" && "${value}" == *\" ]]; then
+      value="${value#\"}"
+      value="${value%\"}"
+    elif [[ "${value}" == \'*\' && "${value}" == *\' ]]; then
+      value="${value#\'}"
+      value="${value%\'}"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "${key}" =~ ^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$ ]]; then
+      export "${key}=${value}"
+    fi
+  done < "${ENV_FILE}"
+}
+
 load_prod_env_exports() {
   local key
 
@@ -148,10 +181,12 @@ ensure_api_uploads_volume() {
 }
 
 prod_compose() {
+  export_compose_env_from_file
   APP_ENV_FILE="${ENV_FILE}" DOCKER_PROD_API_UPLOADS_VOLUME="${API_UPLOADS_VOLUME}" docker compose -p "${PROJECT_NAME}" --env-file "${ENV_FILE}" -f "${PROD_COMPOSE_FILE}" "$@"
 }
 
 traefik_compose() {
+  export_compose_env_from_file
   docker compose --env-file "${ENV_FILE}" -f "${TRAEFIK_COMPOSE_FILE}" "$@"
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/docker-prod-common.sh b/scripts/docker-prod-common.sh
index e061356..a7193cf 100644
--- a/scripts/docker-prod-common.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker-prod-common.sh
@@ -66,10 +66,44 @@ export_env_value_if_unset() {
   fi
 }
 
+export_compose_env_from_file() {
+  local line key value
+
+  while IFS= read -r line || [[ -n "${line}" ]]; do
+    line="${line%$'\r'}"
+
+    [[ -z "${line//[[:space:]]/}" || "${line}" =~ ^[[:space:]]*# ]] && continue
+
+    line="${line#"${line%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
+    line="${line#export }"
+
+    [[ "${line}" == *"="* ]] || continue
+
+    key="${line%%=*}"
+    value="${line#*=}"
+    key="${key//[[:space:]]/}"
+    value="${value#"${value%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
+    value="${value%"${value##*[![:space:]]}"}"
+
+    if [[ "${value}" == \"*\" && "${value}" == *\" ]]; then
+      value="${value#\"}"
+      value="${value%\"}"
+    elif [[ "${value}" == \'*\' && "${value}" == *\' ]]; then
+      value="${value#\'}"
+      value="${value%\'}"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "${key}" =~ ^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$ ]]; then
+      export "${key}=${value}"
+    fi
+  done < "${ENV_FILE}"
+}
+
 load_prod_env_exports() {
   local key
 
   for key in \
+    ACME_EMAIL \
     APP_IMAGE \
     APP_VERSION \
     IMAGE_TAG \
@@ -84,8 +118,9 @@ load_prod_env_exports() {
 }
 
 validate_prod_env_file() {
-  local api_domain public_site_domain cors_origins portainer_domain postgres_password redis_password jwt_secret
+  local acme_email api_domain public_site_domain cors_origins portainer_domain postgres_password redis_password jwt_secret
 
+  acme_email="$(read_env_value ACME_EMAIL)"
   api_domain="$(read_env_value API_DOMAIN)"
   public_site_domain="$(read_env_value PUBLIC_SITE_DOMAIN)"
   cors_origins="$(read_env_value CORS_ORIGINS)"
@@ -94,6 +129,11 @@ validate_prod_env_file() {
   redis_password="$(read_env_value REDIS_PASSWORD)"
   jwt_secret="$(read_env_value JWT_SECRET)"
 
+  if [[ -z "${acme_email}" || "${acme_email}" != *@* || "${acme_email}" == *example.com* ]]; then
+    echo "Invalid ACME_EMAIL in ${ENV_FILE}. Set it to a real contact email for Let's Encrypt, not example.com." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
   if [[ -z "${api_domain}" || "${api_domain}" == *example.com* ]]; then
     echo "Invalid API_DOMAIN in ${ENV_FILE}. Set it to the real production API hostname, not example.com." >&2
     exit 1
@@ -144,18 +184,22 @@ ensure_dynamic_dir() {
 }
 
 prod_compose() {
+  export_compose_env_from_file
   APP_ENV_FILE="${ENV_FILE}" DOCKER_PROD_API_UPLOADS_VOLUME="${API_UPLOADS_VOLUME}" docker compose -p "${PROJECT_NAME}" --env-file "${ENV_FILE}" -f "${PROD_COMPOSE_FILE}" "$@"
 }
 
 portainer_compose() {
+  export_compose_env_from_file
   docker compose -p "${PORTAINER_PROJECT_NAME}" --env-file "${ENV_FILE}" -f "${PORTAINER_COMPOSE_FILE}" "$@"
 }
 
 registry_compose() {
+  export_compose_env_from_file
   docker compose -p "${REGISTRY_PROJECT_NAME}" --env-file "${ENV_FILE}" -f "${REGISTRY_COMPOSE_FILE}" "$@"
 }
 
 traefik_compose() {
+  export_compose_env_from_file
   docker compose --env-file "${ENV_FILE}" -f "${TRAEFIK_COMPOSE_FILE}" "$@"
 }