diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b088c7e..183c911 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -221,3 +221,12 @@ run-on-kind:
 	$(CMD_PREFIX) kubectl create namespace instructlab-bot
 	$(CMD_PREFIX) kubectl create -n instructlab-bot secret generic instructlab-bot --from-env-file=.env
 	$(CMD_PREFIX) kubectl apply -k deploy/instructlab-bot/overlays/dev
+
+.PHONY: docker-clean
+docker-clean:
+	@container_ids=$$(podman ps -a --format "{{.ID}}" | awk '{print $$1}'); \
+	echo "removing all stopped containers (non-force)"; \
+    for id in $$container_ids; do \
+        echo "Removing container: $$id,"; \
+        podman rm $$id; \
+    done
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gobot/cmd/root.go b/gobot/cmd/root.go
index 3d4ceab..91fc6f0 100644
--- a/gobot/cmd/root.go
+++ b/gobot/cmd/root.go
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVarP(&Maintainers, "maintainers", "", []string{}, "GitHub users or groups that are considered maintainers")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&Debug, "debug", "d", false, "Enable debug logging")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&BotUsername, "bot-username", "", "@instructlab-bot", "The username of the bot")
+	if GithubToken == "" {
+		GithubToken = os.Getenv("ILWORKER_GITHUB_TOKEN")
+	}
+	if GithubUsername == "" {
+		GithubUsername = os.Getenv("ILWORKER_GITHUB_USERNAME")
+	}
 }
 
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
diff --git a/worker/Containerfile b/worker/Containerfile
index 60cfc10..d5a19b6 100644
--- a/worker/Containerfile
+++ b/worker/Containerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ENV WORK_DIR /app
 
 WORKDIR ${WORK_DIR}
 
-COPY . ${WORK_DIR}/instructlab-bot
+COPY worker ${WORK_DIR}/instructlab-bot/worker
 
 # Build the worker binary
 WORKDIR ${WORK_DIR}/instructlab-bot/worker
diff --git a/worker/cmd/generate.go b/worker/cmd/generate.go
index 7e4647b..4df7d64 100644
--- a/worker/cmd/generate.go
+++ b/worker/cmd/generate.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ type IlabConfig struct {
 func init() {
 	generateCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&WorkDir, "work-dir", "w", "", "Directory to work in")
 	generateCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&VenvDir, "venv-dir", "v", "", "The virtual environment directory")
-	generateCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&PreCheckEndpointURL, "precheck-endpoint-url", "e", "http://localhost:8000/v1", "Endpoint hosting the model API. Default, it assumes the model is served locally.")
+	generateCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&PreCheckEndpointURL, "precheck-endpoint-url", "e", "", "Endpoint hosting the model API. Default, it assumes the model is served locally.")
 	generateCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&SdgEndpointURL, "sdg-endpoint-url", "", "http://localhost:8000/v1", "Endpoint hosting the model API. Default, it assumes the model is served locally.")
 	generateCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&NumInstructions, "num-instructions", "n", 10, "The number of instructions to generate")
 	generateCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&GitRemote, "git-remote", "", "https://github.com/instructlab/taxonomy", "The git remote for the taxonomy repo")
@@ -131,6 +131,20 @@ func init() {
 	generateCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&TlsServerCaCertPath, "tls-server-ca-cert", "", "server-ca-crt.pem2", "Path to the TLS server CA certificate. Defaults to 'server-ca-crt.pem2'")
 	generateCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&TlsInsecure, "tls-insecure", "", false, "Whether to skip TLS verification")
 	generateCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&MaxSeed, "max-seed", "m", 40, "Maximum number of seed Q&A pairs to process to SDG.")
+	if GithubToken == "" {
+		GithubToken = os.Getenv("ILWORKER_GITHUB_TOKEN")
+	}
+	if GithubUsername == "" {
+		GithubUsername = os.Getenv("ILWORKER_GITHUB_USERNAME")
+	}
+	if PreCheckEndpointURL == "" {
+		preCheckEndpointURLEnvValue := os.Getenv("PECHECK_ENDPOINT")
+		if preCheckEndpointURLEnvValue != "" {
+			PreCheckEndpointURL = preCheckEndpointURLEnvValue
+		} else {
+			PreCheckEndpointURL = localEndpoint
+		}
+	}
 	_ = generateCmd.MarkFlagRequired("github-token")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(generateCmd)
 }