diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7ca9056014ddbf84eafed23daab7aeaa30c74ae0..abef6bffa206f2f7927ac62454eb2488b2ca5045 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ ENV DEBUG_IRC_PARSED_ENABLED="false"
 ENV DEBUG_IRC_PARSED_ID=""
 
 # Load configuration from environment variables.
-ENV CONFIG_FROM_ENVIRONMENT="true"
+ENV CONFIG_FROM_ENVIRONMENT="false"
 
 # Specify the database backend.  Allowed values: SQLite or PostgreSQL
 ENV DB_BACKEND="SQLite"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f62de9f0eb66b3602c97dce2380e8e0d0405566f..ea0dcbee5ca9f55d3255624058f0d52e7070a72b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Limit parsed IRC logging to this network ID.  Implies
 
 Load configuration from environment variables.
 
-Default: `true`
+Default: `false`
 
 ### DB_BACKEND