diff --git a/compair/configuration.py b/compair/configuration.py
index 34d362c78..5360aee6a 100644
--- a/compair/configuration.py
+++ b/compair/configuration.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import os
 
+from distutils.util import strtobool
 from flask import Config
 from sqlalchemy.engine.url import URL
 
@@ -64,22 +65,30 @@
     del config['DATABASE']
 
 env_overridables = [
-    'APP_LOGIN_ENABLED', 'CAS_LOGIN_ENABLED', 'LTI_LOGIN_ENABLED',
     'CAS_SERVER', 'CAS_AFTER_LOGIN', 'CAS_AFTER_LOGOUT',
-    'CAS_LOGIN_ROUTE', 'CAS_LOGOUT_ROUTE',
-    'CAS_LOGOUT_RETURN_URL',
+    'CAS_LOGIN_ROUTE', 'CAS_LOGOUT_ROUTE', 'CAS_LOGOUT_RETURN_URL',
     'CAS_VALIDATE_ROUTE', 'CAS_ATTRIBUTES_TO_STORE',
     'SECRET_KEY', 'REPORT_FOLDER', 'UPLOAD_FOLDER',
     'ATTACHMENT_UPLOAD_FOLDER', 'ASSET_LOCATION', 'ASSET_CLOUD_URI_PREFIX',
-    'CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER', 'CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND', 'CELERY_BROKER_URL',
-    'XAPI_ENABLED', 'XAPI_APP_BASE_URL',
+    'CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND', 'CELERY_BROKER_URL',
+    'XAPI_APP_BASE_URL',
     'LRS_STATEMENT_ENDPOINT', 'LRS_AUTH', 'LRS_USERNAME', 'LRS_PASSWORD',
-    'LRS_ACTOR_ACCOUNT_USE_CAS',
     'LRS_ACTOR_ACCOUNT_CAS_IDENTIFIER', 'LRS_ACTOR_ACCOUNT_CAS_HOMEPAGE',
-    'GA_TRACKING_ID', 'ENFORCE_SSL']
+    'GA_TRACKING_ID'
+]
+
+env_bool_overridables = [
+    'APP_LOGIN_ENABLED', 'CAS_LOGIN_ENABLED', 'LTI_LOGIN_ENABLED',
+    'CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER', 'XAPI_ENABLED', 'LRS_ACTOR_ACCOUNT_USE_CAS',
+    'ENFORCE_SSL'
+]
 
 for env in env_overridables:
-    if os.environ.get(env):
+    if os.environ.get(env) != None:
         config[env] = os.environ.get(env)
 
+for env in env_bool_overridables:
+    if os.environ.get(env) != None:
+        config[env] = strtobool(os.environ.get(env))
+
 # print config
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1d07fd936..8931d016a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ services:
       - DEV=1
       - CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://redis:6379
       #- GA_TRACKING_ID=12345
+      - ENFORCE_SSL=0
     volumes:
       - .:/code
       - ./.data/persistent:/code/persistent
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ services:
       - DEV=1
       - CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://redis:6379
       - C_FORCE_ROOT=1
+      - ENFORCE_SSL=0
   web:
     image: nginx:1.11
     volumes: