diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a6e3edd..147659b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ services:
       - internal
     volumes:
       - ./mealie-data:/app/data
+    #orts:
+    # - "9011:9000"        # ← ADD THIS LINE
     environment:
       # Backend settings
       ALLOW_SIGNUP: "false"
@@ -22,12 +24,12 @@ services:
       DB_ENGINE: postgres
       POSTGRES_USER: mealie
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: mealie
-      POSTGRES_SERVER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_SERVER: postgres_mealie
       POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
       POSTGRES_DB: mealie
 
     depends_on:
-      postgres:
+      postgres_mealie:
         condition: service_healthy
 
     # -----------------------------
@@ -87,17 +89,19 @@ services:
           cpus: '1.0'
           memory: 1024M
 
-  postgres:
+  postgres_mealie:
     image: postgres:15
     container_name: mealie-postgres
     restart: always
     networks:
       - internal
-      - traefik
+    #  - traefik
     environment:
+      #POSTGRES_USER: mealie          # keeps your app user
       POSTGRES_DB: mealie
       POSTGRES_USER: mealie
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: mealie
+      PGUSER: mealie
       # Added for Time Zone consistency (Suggestion 2)
       TZ: Europe/Ljubljana
       PGTZ: Europe/Ljubljana 
@@ -108,7 +112,11 @@ services:
       interval: 30s
       timeout: 10s
       retries: 5
-
+ #  labels:
+ #    - "traefik.enable=false"        # <-- add this single line
+   #  - "traefik.enable=false"                  # already good, keeps Traefik away
+ #    - "io.portainer.docker.compose.skip=true" # <-- ADD THIS
+ #    - "netdata.disable=true"                  # <-- AND THIS (if you use Netdata)
 # ------------------
 # NETWORKS & VOLUMES
 # ------------------