diff --git a/.github/packaging/linux/AppDir/AppRun b/.github/packaging/linux/AppDir/AppRun
index b047e32a1..988ead323 100644
--- a/.github/packaging/linux/AppDir/AppRun
+++ b/.github/packaging/linux/AppDir/AppRun
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ LNBITS_DATA_FOLDER="${LNBITS_DATA_FOLDER:-$LAUNCH_DIR/lnbits/database}"
 LNBITS_EXTENSIONS_PATH="${LNBITS_EXTENSIONS_PATH:-$LAUNCH_DIR/lnbits/extensions}"
 export LNBITS_DATA_FOLDER
 export LNBITS_EXTENSIONS_PATH
-export LNBITS_ADMIN_UI=true
 
 # Define the LNbits URL
 URL="http://0.0.0.0:5000"
diff --git a/docs/guide/installation.md b/docs/guide/installation.md
index 392a8bd41..e04a82522 100644
--- a/docs/guide/installation.md
+++ b/docs/guide/installation.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Go to [releases](https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/releases) and pull latest AppI
 sudo apt-get install libfuse2
 wget $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/lnbits/lnbits/releases/latest | jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name | endswith(".AppImage")) | .browser_download_url') -O LNbits-latest.AppImage
 chmod +x LNbits-latest.AppImage
-./LNbits-latest.AppImage --host 0.0.0.0 --port 5000
+LNBITS_ADMIN_UI=true HOST=0.0.0.0 PORT=5000 ./LNbits-latest.AppImage # most system settings are now in the admin UI, but pass additional .env variables here
 ```
 
 LNbits will create a folder for db and extension files in the folder the AppImage runs from.