diff --git a/dockerfiles/super_node/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/super_node/Dockerfile
index fbed02a6..84ebe54e 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/super_node/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/super_node/Dockerfile
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ COPY --chown=5000:5000 --from=builder /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/d
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/vulcanizedb vulcanizedb
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/pressly/goose/cmd/goose/goose goose
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/db/migrations migrations/vulcanizedb
+COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/environments environments
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/ipfs ipfs
 
 EXPOSE $EXPOSE_PORT_1
diff --git a/dockerfiles/super_node/entrypoint.sh b/dockerfiles/super_node/entrypoint.sh
index 04dcf74c..1b101dd7 100755
--- a/dockerfiles/super_node/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/dockerfiles/super_node/entrypoint.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ set +x
 #test $DATABASE_PASSWORD
 #test $IPFS_INIT
 #test $IPFS_PATH
-VDB_COMMAND=${VARIABLE:-headerSync}
+VDB_COMMAND=${VDB_COMMAND:-superNode}
 set +e
 
 # Construct the connection string for postgres
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export IPFS_PGPORT=$DATABASE_PORT
 export IPFS_PGPASSWORD=$DATABASE_PASSWORD
 
 
-if [ ! -d "~/.ipfs" ]; then
+if [ ! -d "$HOME/.ipfs" ]; then
   # initialize PG-IPFS
   echo "Initializing Postgres-IPFS profile"
   ./ipfs init --profile=postgresds
@@ -51,11 +51,14 @@ if [ ! -d "~/.ipfs" ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-echo "Beginning the vulcanizedb super node process"
-DEFAULT_OPTIONS="--config=config.toml"
-VDB_FULL_CL=${VARIABLE:-$DEFAULT_OPTIONS}
-# XXX stdout, not logfile
-./vulcanizedb ${VDB_COMMAND} $VDB_FULL_CL
+
+echo "Beginning the vulcanizedb process"
+VDB_CONFIG_FILE=${VDB_CONFIG_FILE:-config.toml}
+DEFAULT_OPTIONS="--config=$VDB_CONFIG_FILE"
+VDB_FULL_CL=${VDB_FULL_CL:-$VDB_COMMAND $DEFAULT_OPTIONS}
+echo running: ./vulcanizedb $VDB_FULL_CL $@
+
+./vulcanizedb $VDB_FULL_CL $@
 rv=$?
 
 if [ $rv != 0 ]; then
diff --git a/environments/superNodeBTC.toml b/environments/superNodeBTC.toml
index 9fa27600..99171a9d 100644
--- a/environments/superNodeBTC.toml
+++ b/environments/superNodeBTC.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     password = "" # $DATABASE_PASSWORD
 
 [ipfs]
-    path = "/root/.btc/.ipfs" # $IPFS_PATH
+    path = "~/.ipfs" # $IPFS_PATH
 
 [resync]
     chain = "bitcoin" # $RESYNC_CHAIN
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 [superNode]
     chain = "bitcoin" # $SUPERNODE_CHAIN
     server = true # $SUPERNODE_SERVER
-    ipcPath = "/root/.vulcanize/btc/vulcanize.ipc" # $SUPERNODE_IPC_PATH
+    ipcPath = "~/.vulcanize/vulcanize.ipc" # $SUPERNODE_IPC_PATH
     wsPath = "127.0.0.1:8082" # $SUPERNODE_WS_PATH
     httpPath = "127.0.0.1:8083" # $SUPERNODE_HTTP_PATH
     sync = true # $SUPERNODE_SYNC
diff --git a/environments/superNodeETH.toml b/environments/superNodeETH.toml
index d4a55d58..69e3b32d 100644
--- a/environments/superNodeETH.toml
+++ b/environments/superNodeETH.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     password = "" # $DATABASE_PASSWORD
 
 [ipfs]
-    path = "/root/.eth/.ipfs" # $IPFS_PATH
+    path = "~/.ipfs" # $IPFS_PATH
 
 [resync]
     chain = "ethereum" # $RESYNC_CHAIN
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 [superNode]
     chain = "ethereum" # $SUPERNODE_CHAIN
     server = true # $SUPERNODE_SERVER
-    ipcPath = "/root/.vulcanize/eth/vulcanize.ipc" # $SUPERNODE_IPC_PATH
+    ipcPath = "~/.vulcanize/vulcanize.ipc" # $SUPERNODE_IPC_PATH
     wsPath = "127.0.0.1:8081" # $SUPERNODE_WS_PATH
     httpPath = "127.0.0.1:8082" # $SUPERNODE_HTTP_PATH
     sync = true # $SUPERNODE_SYNC