diff --git a/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh b/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
index ba80f0d64a..27acd9de56 100755
--- a/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ sed -r \
     -e 's!^(.*"OPTION_TWFY_DB_PASS", *)"[^"]*"!'"\\1'password'!" \
     -e 's!^(.*"OPTION_TWFY_DB_NAME", *)"[^"]*"!'"\\1'twfy'!" \
     -e 's!^(.*"OPTION_TWFY_MEMCACHED_HOST", *)"[^"]*"!'"\\1'memcache'!" \
+    -e 's!^(.*"TWFY_VOTES_URL", *)"[^"]*"!'"\\1'$TWFY_VOTES_URL'!" \
     -e 's!^(.*"BASEDIR", *)"[^"]*"!'"\\1'/twfy/www/docs'!" \
     -e 's!^(.*"DOMAIN", *)"[^"]*"!'"\\1'localhost'!" \
     -e 's!^(.*"COOKIEDOMAIN", *)"[^"]*"!'"\\1'localhost'!" \
diff --git a/conf/general-example b/conf/general-example
index 8744fdb276..8adf28b4a2 100644
--- a/conf/general-example
+++ b/conf/general-example
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ define ("RECESSFILE","https://www.theyworkforyou.com/pwdata/parl-recesses.txt");
 // AND amend your global php.ini to 'allow_url_fopen = On'
 //define ("RECESSFILE", RAWDATA . "/parl-recesses.txt");
 
-define('TWFY_VOTES_URL', '');
+define("TWFY_VOTES_URL", "");
 
 
 // *******************************************************************************
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 344750b49f..7983aa6366 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ services:
       TWFY_TEST_DB_NAME: twfy
       TWFY_TEST_DB_USER: twfy
       TWFY_TEST_DB_PASS: password
+      TWFY_VOTES_URL: ${TWFY_VOTES_URL}
       DEV_MODE: 'true'
       WSL_IP:
     ports: