diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index b92d525..378c2e9 100644
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,24 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-LOCAL_IP=$(hostname --all-ip-addresses | awk '{ print $1 }')
 PUBLIC_IP=$(curl https://ipinfo.io/ip --silent)
 HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
+CONFIG_FILE=/pds/pds.env
 
 function main {
 
-    # pds hostname must be the same as the hostname of the container
-    if [[ "${PDS_HOSTNAME}" != "${HOSTNAME}" ]]; then
-        echo "PDS_HOSTNAME must be the same as the hostname of the container"
-        echo "Set the hostname for the container before running."
-        echo "Current hostname: ${HOSTNAME}"
-        echo "PDS_HOSTNAME: ${PDS_HOSTNAME}"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    if [[ -z "${PDS_HOSTNAME}" ]]; then
-        echo "No public DNS address specified"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
     if [[ -z "${PDS_JWT_SECRET}" ]]; then
         echo "PDS_JWT_SECRET not specified"
         exit 1
@@ -34,19 +20,29 @@ function main {
         exit 1
     fi
 
+    # set PDS_HOSTNAME to hostname if not set
+    if [[ -z "${PDS_HOSTNAME}" ]]; then
+        echo "PDS_HOSTNAME not specified"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    # create the config if it does not exist
+    if [[ ! -f ${CONFIG_FILE} ]]; then
+        echo "PDS_JWT_SECRET=${PDS_JWT_SECRET}" >${CONFIG_FILE}
+        echo "PDS_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${PDS_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" >>${CONFIG_FILE}
+        echo "PDS_PLC_ROTATION_KEY_K256_PRIVATE_KEY_HEX=${PDS_PLC_ROTATION_KEY_K256_PRIVATE_KEY_HEX}" >>${CONFIG_FILE}
+        echo "PDS_HOSTNAME=${PDS_HOSTNAME}" >>${CONFIG_FILE}
+        echo "PDS_CRAWLERS=https://bsky.network" >>${CONFIG_FILE}
+    fi
+
     cat <<STARTED_MESSAGE
 ========================================================================
 PDS Started
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Hostname                  : ${PDS_HOSTNAME}
-                          : http://${PDS_HOSTNAME}:3000/xrpc/_health
-
-Local IP                  : ${LOCAL_IP}
-                          : http://${LOCAL_IP}:3000/xrpc/_health
-
-Public IP                 : ${PUBLIC_IP}
-                          : http://${PUBLIC_IP}:3000/xrpc/_health
+HOSTNAME: ${HOSTNAME}
+PUBLIC_IP: ${PUBLIC_IP}
+PDS_HOSTNAME: ${PDS_HOSTNAME}
 
 ========================================================================
 STARTED_MESSAGE