# Using Ghost Docker Image without Email Integration

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-ghost-docker-image-without-email-integration/61237>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [December 20, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-ghost-docker-image-without-email-integration/61237 "2025-12-20T00:57:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/using-ghost-docker-image-without-email-integration/61237/3 "2025-12-24T10:18:46Z")

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If you run ghost cms on docker you should add options to .env file. Because Ghost automatically picks up these variables. There’s no need to edit config.production.json manually—that’s a thing of the past, like rotary phones.

So if you try to edit config.production.json it will not work.

But if try to add options “staffDeviceVerification”: false and mail\_\_transport=Direct. It should works without e-mail integrations…

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