diff --git a/images/orb-ns/Dockerfile b/images/orb-ns/Dockerfile
index 8a8acc9e6..4ddf6a932 100644
--- a/images/orb-ns/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/orb-ns/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ COPY "./Cargo.toml" "./Cargo.lock" .
 COPY ./rust ./rust
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libssl-dev protobuf-compiler cmake jq binaryen
-RUN cargo build --release
+RUN cargo build --bin orb-ns --release
 
 FROM docker.io/ubuntu:latest
 
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash dhtuser
 USER dhtuser 
 WORKDIR /home/dhtuser
 
-ENV RUST_LOG="info,tower_http,noosphere,noosphere_ns,noosphere_ipfs,noosphere_storage,noosphere_core,noosphere_storage,orb_ns=debug"
+ENV RUST_LOG="info,orb_ns=debug"
+ENV NOOSPHERE_LOG="academic"
+ENV KEY_NAME="ephemeral"
+ENV P2P_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0:6666"
+ENV API_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0:6667"
+ENV IPFS_URL="http://127.0.0.1:5001"
 
 COPY --from=builder /noosphere/target/release/orb-ns /usr/bin/orb-ns
 COPY --chown=dhtuser:dhtuser ./images/orb-ns/start.sh /home/dhtuser/start.sh
diff --git a/images/orb-ns/start.sh b/images/orb-ns/start.sh
index c0c25cb01..938ce52f9 100755
--- a/images/orb-ns/start.sh
+++ b/images/orb-ns/start.sh
@@ -2,31 +2,28 @@
 set -x
 
 MOUNT_DIR="/home/dhtuser/.noosphere"
-
-KEY=$1
-CONFIG_FILE=$2
+ORB_NS="/usr/bin/orb-ns"
 
 cd /home/dhtuser
 
-if [[ "$KEY" = "ephemeral" ]]; then
+if [[ "$KEY_NAME" = "ephemeral" ]]; then
 	# This has a side effect of ensuring a ~/.noosphere/keys directory
 	# exists to store the key, circumventing the need for mounting 
-	orb-ns key-gen --key ephemeral
+	$ORB_NS key-gen --key ephemeral
 fi
 if [[ ! -d "$MOUNT_DIR" ]]; then
 	echo "Missing mount on $MOUNT_DIR."
 	exit 1
 fi
-if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
-	echo "ARGS: KEY CONFIG_FILE"	
-	exit 1
-fi
-if [[ -z "$2" ]]; then
-	echo "Missing config file path."
-	exit 1
-fi
 
 echo "RUST_LOG=${RUST_LOG}"
 echo "NOOSPHERE_LOG=${NOOSPHERE_LOG}"
+echo "KEY_NAME=${KEY_NAME}"
+echo "P2P_ADDRESS=${P2P_ADDRESS}"
+echo "API_ADDRESS=${API_ADDRESS}"
+echo "IPFS_URL=${IPFS_URL}"
 
-orb-ns run --config $CONFIG_FILE
+$ORB_NS run --key "${KEY_NAME}" \
+	--listening-address "${P2P_ADDRESS}" \
+	--api-address "${API_ADDRESS}" \
+	--ipfs-api-url "${IPFS_URL}"