diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 593cf346c..bb3cc1448 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,14 +64,32 @@ Made with [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org), [Actix](https://actix.rs/), [Infern
 
 ## Install
 
-### Docker
+### Ansible (recommended)
 
-Make sure you have both docker and docker-compose(>=`1.24.0`) installed.
+First, you need to [install Ansible on your local computer](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html),
+eg using `sudo apt install ansible`, or the equivalent for you platform.
+
+Then run the following commands on your local computer:
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/dessalines/lemmy.git
+cd lemmy/ansible/
+cp inventory.example inventory
+nano inventory # enter your server, domain, contact email
+ansible-playbook lemmy.yml
+```
+
+### Manual
+
+Make sure you have both docker and docker-compose installed.
 
 ```
 mkdir lemmy/
 cd lemmy/
 wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dessalines/lemmy/master/docker/prod/docker-compose.yml
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dessalines/lemmy/master/docker/prod/env -O .env
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dessalines/lemmy/master/docker/prod/nginx.conf
+# you need to edit .env and nginx.conf to replace the indicated {{ variables }}
+sudo mv nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/lemmy.conf
 docker-compose up -d
 ```
 
diff --git a/ansible/lemmy.yml b/ansible/lemmy.yml
index 7026200e3..4ba80e90a 100644
--- a/ansible/lemmy.yml
+++ b/ansible/lemmy.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     template: src={{item.src}} dest={{item.dest}}
     with_items:
       - { src: 'templates/env', dest: '/lemmy/.env' }
-      - { src: 'templates/docker-compose.yml', dest: '/lemmy/docker-compose.yml' }
+      - { src: '../docker/prod/docker-compose.yml', dest: '/lemmy/docker-compose.yml' }
       - { src: 'templates/nginx.conf', dest: '/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/lemmy.conf' }
     vars:
       postgres_password: "{{ lookup('password', 'passwords/{{ inventory_hostname }}/postgres chars=ascii_letters,digits') }}"
diff --git a/ansible/templates/docker-compose.yml b/docker/prod/docker-compose.yml
similarity index 91%
rename from ansible/templates/docker-compose.yml
rename to docker/prod/docker-compose.yml
index af611045e..d55b28088 100644
--- a/ansible/templates/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/prod/docker-compose.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ services:
       retries: 20
 
   lemmy:
-    image: dessalines/lemmy:v0.0.7.3
+    image: dessalines/lemmy:v0.0.7
.3
     restart: always
     ports:
       - "8536:8536"
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ services:
       - DATABASE_URL=${DATABASE_URL}
       - JWT_SECRET=${JWT_SECRET}
       - HOSTNAME=${DOMAIN}
-    depends_on: 
+    depends_on:
       - db
diff --git a/docker/prod/env b/docker/prod/env
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06f3cfe21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/prod/env
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+DOMAIN={{your domain}}
+DATABASE_PASSWORD={{a random password for postgres}}
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://lemmy:{{ the same postgres password again }}@db:5432/lemmy
+JWT_SECRET={{ a random password for jwt}}
diff --git a/docker/prod/nginx.conf b/docker/prod/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..918851a0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/prod/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name {{ your domain }};
+    location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
+        root /var/www/certbot;
+    }
+    location / {
+        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+    }
+}
+
+server {
+    listen 443 ssl http2;
+    server_name {{ your domain }};
+
+    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/{{ your domain }}/fullchain.pem;
+    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/{{ your domain }}/privkey.pem;
+
+    # Various TLS hardening settings
+    # https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/Strong_SSL_Security_On_nginx.html
+    ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
+    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+    ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256';
+    ssl_session_timeout  10m;
+    ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
+    ssl_session_tickets off;
+    ssl_stapling on;
+    ssl_stapling_verify on;
+
+    # Hide nginx version
+    server_tokens off;
+
+    # Enable compression for JS/CSS/HTML bundle, for improved client load times.
+    # It might be nice to compress JSON, but leaving that out to protect against potential
+    # compression+encryption information leak attacks like BREACH.
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_types text/css application/javascript;
+    gzip_vary on;
+
+    # Only connect to this site via HTTPS for the two years
+    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000";
+
+    # Various content security headers
+    add_header Referrer-Policy "same-origin";
+    add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff";
+    add_header X-Frame-Options "DENY";
+    add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
+
+    location / {
+        rewrite (\/(user|u|inbox|post|community|c|login|search|sponsors|communities|modlog|home)+) /static/index.html break;
+        proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:8536;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+
+        # WebSocket support
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+    }
+}