diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index f79869b..17e6ff4 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ SEARXNG_PASSWORD=
 # For the JWT Secret and keys, see: https://supabase.com/docs/guides/self-hosting/docker#generate-api-keys
 # For the other secrets, see: https://supabase.com/docs/guides/self-hosting/docker#update-secrets
 # You can really decide any value for POOLER_TENANT_ID like 1000.
+
+# Note that using special symbols (like '%') can complicate things a bit for your Postgres password.
+# If you use special symbols in your Postgres password, you must remember to percent-encode your password later if using the Postgres connection string, for example, postgresql://postgres.projectref:p%3Dword@aws-0-us-east-1.pooler.supabase.com:6543/postgres
 ############
 
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=
@@ -234,4 +237,4 @@ DOCKER_SOCKET_LOCATION=/var/run/docker.sock
 
 # Google Cloud Project details
 GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID=GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID
-GOOGLE_PROJECT_NUMBER=GOOGLE_PROJECT_NUMBER
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+GOOGLE_PROJECT_NUMBER=GOOGLE_PROJECT_NUMBER
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2d62e7a..114da2d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ services:
     profiles: ["flowise"]
     environment:
       - PORT=3001
-      - FLOWISE_USERNAME
-      - FLOWISE_PASSWORD
+      - FLOWISE_USERNAME=${FLOWISE_USERNAME}
+      - FLOWISE_PASSWORD=${FLOWISE_PASSWORD}
     extra_hosts:
       - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
     volumes:
diff --git a/start_services.py b/start_services.py
index 1e475dd..db5fffd 100644
--- a/start_services.py
+++ b/start_services.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def check_and_fix_docker_compose_for_searxng():
                 # Check if uwsgi.ini exists inside the container
                 container_check = subprocess.run(
                     ["docker", "exec", container_name, "sh", "-c", "[ -f /etc/searxng/uwsgi.ini ] && echo 'found' || echo 'not_found'"],
-                    capture_output=True, text=True, check=True
+                    capture_output=True, text=True, check=False
                 )
                 
                 if "found" in container_check.stdout:
@@ -252,4 +252,4 @@ def main():
     start_local_ai()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
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+    main()