diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e821e775..3ee58fba 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ services:
       DB_NAME: etherpaddb
       DB_USER: user
       DB_PASS: hgu
+      TRUST_PROXY: "true"
+      REQUIRE_SESSION: "true"      
     depends_on:
       - etherpadsql
     ports:
diff --git a/fet2020/documents/etherpadlib.py b/fet2020/documents/etherpadlib.py
index 5ae69c66..9014d8b6 100644
--- a/fet2020/documents/etherpadlib.py
+++ b/fet2020/documents/etherpadlib.py
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ def add_ep_cookie(request, response):
             domain=".2020.fet.at",
             path="/"
         )
-
+        response.set_cookie(
+            "sessionID",
+            ep_sessid,
+            expires=expires,
+            path="/etherpad"
+        )
     return response
 
 
diff --git a/fet2020/fet2020/settings.py b/fet2020/fet2020/settings.py
index 0ec99b63..1d463ce7 100644
--- a/fet2020/fet2020/settings.py
+++ b/fet2020/fet2020/settings.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 """
 Django settings for fet2020 project.
 
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/
 
 import os
 import environ
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
+
 env = environ.Env(
     # set casting, default value
     DEBUG=(bool, True),
@@ -20,7 +23,9 @@ env = environ.Env(
     MYSQL_DATABASE=(str, "fet2020db"),
     MYSQL_USER=(str),
     MYSQL_PASSWORD=(str),
-    HOST_NAME=(str, "localhost")
+    HOST_NAME=(str, "localhost"),
+    ETHERPAD_PORT=(str,"9001"),
+    ETHERPAD_HOST=(str,"etherpad2.2020.fet.at")
 )
 
 # Prints and logs are written to console
@@ -191,7 +196,7 @@ STATIC_URL = '/assets/'
 STATICFILES_DIRS = [
     os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")
 ]
-
+STATIC_ROOT = 'assets/'
 MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'files/')
 MEDIA_URL = '/files/'
 
@@ -222,13 +227,28 @@ THUMBNAIL_ALIASES = {
     },
 }
 
-# ETHERPAD SETTINGS
-ETHERPAD_CLIENT = {
-    'url': "http://localhost:9003",
-    'exturl': "https://etherpad2.2020.fet.at/",
-    'apikey': "/srv/andis_test/etherpad_test2/etherpad-lite/APIKEY.txt",
+
+if DEBUG:
+    ETHERPAD_CLIENT = {
+        'url': "http://etherpad:"+env('ETHERPAD_PORT'),
+        'exturl': env('ETHERPAD_HOST'),
+        'apikey': "/srv/etherpad/APIKEY.txt"
+    }
+else:
+    ETHERPAD_CLIENT = {
+        'url': "http://etherpad:"+env('ETHERPAD_PORT'),
+        'exturl': urljoin(env('HOST_NAME'),"etherpad"),
+        'apikey': "/app/etherpad/APIKEY.txt"
+    }
+
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': [
+        'rest_framework.permissions.AllowAny',
+    ]
 }
 
+
+
 # DJANGO MAIL
 EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
 EMAIL_HOST = 'buran.htu.tuwien.ac.at'
diff --git a/fet2020/posts/views.py b/fet2020/posts/views.py
index 59c75942..80f67905 100644
--- a/fet2020/posts/views.py
+++ b/fet2020/posts/views.py
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ def show(request, id=None):
     if post_author:
         author_image = post_author.image['avatar'].url
 
-    ep_agenda_link = None
-    ep_protocol_link = None
+    ep_agenda_link = "#"
+    ep_protocol_link = "#"
 
     if p.has_agenda and p.agenda_key:
         ep_agenda_link = get_pad_link(p.agenda_key)