diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48cbd730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+##########################################################
+Example enviornment variable configurations for the Letta
+Docker container. Un-coment the sections you want to
+configure with.
+
+Hint: You don't need to have the same LLM and
+Embedding model backends (can mix and match).
+##########################################################
+
+
+##########################################################
+                OpenAI configuration
+##########################################################
+## LLM Model
+#LETTA_LLM_ENDPOINT_TYPE=openai
+#LETTA_LLM_MODEL=gpt-4o-mini
+## Embeddings
+#LETTA_EMBEDDING_ENDPOINT_TYPE=openai
+#LETTA_EMBEDDING_MODEL=text-embedding-ada-002
+
+
+##########################################################
+                Ollama configuration
+##########################################################
+## LLM Model
+#LETTA_LLM_ENDPOINT=http://host.docker.internal:11434
+#LETTA_LLM_ENDPOINT_TYPE=ollama
+#LETTA_LLM_MODEL=dolphin2.2-mistral:7b-q6_K
+#LETTA_LLM_CONTEXT_WINDOW=8192
+## Embeddings
+#LETTA_EMBEDDING_ENDPOINT=http://host.docker.internal:11434
+#LETTA_EMBEDDING_ENDPOINT_TYPE=ollama
+#LETTA_EMBEDDING_MODEL=mxbai-embed-large
+#LETTA_EMBEDDING_DIM=512
+
+
+##########################################################
+                vLLM configuration
+##########################################################
+## LLM Model
+#LETTA_LLM_ENDPOINT=http://host.docker.internal:8000
+#LETTA_LLM_ENDPOINT_TYPE=vllm
+#LETTA_LLM_MODEL=ehartford/dolphin-2.2.1-mistral-7b
+#LETTA_LLM_CONTEXT_WINDOW=8192
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index 55c18bbf..142e3495 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ services:
       - LETTA_LLM_ENDPOINT=${LETTA_LLM_ENDPOINT}
       - LETTA_LLM_ENDPOINT_TYPE=${LETTA_LLM_ENDPOINT_TYPE}
       - LETTA_LLM_MODEL=${LETTA_LLM_MODEL:-gpt-4}
-      - LETTA_LLM_CONTEXT_WINDOW=${LETTA_LLM_CONTEXT_WINDOW}
+      - LETTA_LLM_CONTEXT_WINDOW=${LETTA_LLM_CONTEXT_WINDOW:-8192}
       - LETTA_EMBEDDING_ENDPOINT=${LETTA_EMBEDDING_ENDPOINT}
       - LETTA_EMBEDDING_ENDPOINT_TYPE=${LETTA_EMBEDDING_ENDPOINT_TYPE}
-      - LETTA_EMBEDDING_DIM=${LETTA_EMBEDDING_DIM}
-      - LETTA_EMBEDDING_MODEL=${LETTA_EMBEDDING_MODEL}
+      - LETTA_EMBEDDING_DIM=${LETTA_EMBEDDING_DIM:-1536}
+      - LETTA_EMBEDDING_MODEL=${LETTA_EMBEDDING_MODEL:-text-embedding-ada-002}
       - LETTA_DEBUG=True
       - OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY}
    #volumes:
diff --git a/docs/generate_docs.py b/docs/generate_docs.py
index ffc0594d..c315ad4c 100644
--- a/docs/generate_docs.py
+++ b/docs/generate_docs.py
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ def generate_modules(config):
     return modules
 
 
-folder = "/Users/sarahwooders/repos/mintlify-docs/python-reference"
+# get PYTHON_DOC_DIR from environment
+folder = os.getenv("PYTHON_DOC_DIR")
+assert folder is not None, "PYTHON_DOC_DIR environment variable must be set"
 
 
 # Generate client documentation. This takes the documentation from the AbstractClient, but then appends the documentation from the LocalClient and RESTClient.