diff --git a/server/api/models/index.js b/server/api/models/index.js
index a25c09f1..c9051d8a 100644
--- a/server/api/models/index.js
+++ b/server/api/models/index.js
@@ -5,10 +5,17 @@ const basename = path.basename(__filename)
 const config = require('config')
 const consola = require('consola')
 const db = {}
+let sequelize = null
+
+try {
+  sequelize = new Sequelize(config.db)
+} catch(e) {
+  consola.warn(` ⚠️ Cannot connect to db, check your configuration => ${e}`)
+  process.exit(-1)
+}
 
-const sequelize = new Sequelize(config.db)
 sequelize.authenticate().catch(e => {
-  consola.error('Error connecting to DB: ', String(e))
+  consola.error(' ⚠ Error connecting to DB: ', String(e))
   process.exit(-1)
 })
 
diff --git a/server/cli.js b/server/cli.js
index 25dda0db..be31c512 100755
--- a/server/cli.js
+++ b/server/cli.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const package = require('../package.json')
 const firstrun = require('./firstrun')
 const path = require('path')
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp')
+const url = require('url')
 
 const cwd = process.cwd()
 
@@ -39,106 +40,105 @@ async function setupQuestionnaire(is_docker, db) {
     }
   })
 
-  questions.push({
-    name: 'server.host',
-    message: 'address to listen to',
-    default: is_docker ? '0.0.0.0' : 'localhost',
-    validate: notEmpty
-  })
+  if (!is_docker) {
+    questions.push({
+      name: 'server.host',
+      message: 'address to listen to',
+      default: 'localhost',
+      validate: notEmpty
+    })
 
-  questions.push({
-    name: 'server.port',
-    message: 'port to listen to',
-    default: 13120,
-  })
+    questions.push({
+      name: 'server.port',
+      message: 'port to listen to',
+      default: 13120,
+    })
 
-  questions.push({
-    name: 'db.dialect',
-    message: 'DB dialect',
-    type: 'list',
-    when: answers => !db,
-    choices: ['sqlite', 'postgres']
-  })
+    questions.push({
+      name: 'db.dialect',
+      message: 'DB dialect',
+      type: 'list',
+      choices: ['sqlite', 'postgres']
+    })
 
-  questions.push({
-    name: 'db.storage',
-    message: 'sqlite db path',
-    default: is_docker ? '/opt/gancio/db.sqlite' : './db.sqlite',
-    filter: p => path.resolve(cwd, p),
-    when: answers => ((db && db==='sqlite') || (answers.db && answers.db.dialect === 'sqlite')) && !is_docker,
-    validate: db_path => db_path.length>0 && fs.existsSync(path.dirname(db_path))
-  })
+    questions.push({
+      name: 'db.storage',
+      message: 'sqlite db path',
+      default: './db.sqlite',
+      filter: p => path.resolve(cwd, p),
+      when: answers => answers.db.dialect === 'sqlite',
+      validate: db_path => db_path.length>0 && fs.existsSync(path.dirname(db_path))
+    })
 
-  questions.push({
-    name: 'db.host',
-    message: 'Postgres host',
-    default: is_docker ? 'db' : 'localhost',
-    when: answers => ((db && db==='postgresql') || (answers.db && answers.db.dialect === 'postgres')) && !is_docker,
-    validate: notEmpty
-  })
+    questions.push({
+      name: 'db.host',
+      message: 'Postgres host',
+      default: 'localhost',
+      when: answers => answers.db.dialect === 'postgres',
+      validate: notEmpty
+    })
 
-  questions.push({
-    name: 'db.database',
-    message: 'DB name',
-    default: 'gancio',
-    when: answers => (db && db==='postgresql') || (answers.db && answers.db.dialect === 'postgres'),
-    validate: notEmpty
-  })
+    questions.push({
+      name: 'db.database',
+      message: 'DB name',
+      default: 'gancio',
+      when: answers => answers.db.dialect === 'postgres',
+      validate: notEmpty
+    })
+      
+    questions.push({
+      name: 'db.username',
+      message: 'DB user',
+      default: 'gancio',
+      when: answers => answers.db.dialect === 'postgres',
+      validate: notEmpty
+    })
     
-  questions.push({
-    name: 'db.username',
-    message: 'DB user',
-    default: 'gancio',
-    when: answers => (db && db==='postgresql') || (answers.db && answers.db.dialect === 'postgres'),
-    validate: notEmpty
-  })
-  
-  questions.push({
-    name: 'db.password',
-    type: 'password',
-    message: 'DB password',
-    default: 'gancio',
-    when: answers => (db && db==='postgresql') || (answers.db && answers.db.dialect === 'postgres'),
-    validate: async (password, options) => {
-      try {
-        const db = new sequelize({ ...options.db, dialect: 'postgres' , password, logging: false })
-        return db.authenticate().then( () => {
-          db.close()
-          return true
-        })
-      } catch(e) {
-        consola.error(e)
-        return false
-      }
-    }
-  })
-
-  questions.push({
-    name: 'upload_path',
-    message: 'Where gancio has to store media?',
-    default: is_docker ? '/opt/gancio/uploads' : './uploads',
-    when: answers => !is_docker,
-    filter: p => path.resolve(cwd, p),
-    validate: async p => {
-      let exists =  fs.existsSync(p)
-      if (!exists) {
-        consola.warn(`"${p}" does not exists, trying to create it`)
+    questions.push({
+      name: 'db.password',
+      type: 'password',
+      message: 'DB password',
+      default: 'gancio',
+      when: answers => answers.db.dialect === 'postgres',
+      validate: async (password, options) => {
         try {
-          mkdirp.sync(p)
+          const db = new sequelize({ ...options.db, dialect: 'postgres' , password, logging: false })
+          return db.authenticate().then( () => {
+            db.close()
+            return true
+          })
         } catch(e) {
-          console.error(String(e))
+          consola.error(e)
           return false
         }
       }
-      return true
-    }
-  })
+    })
 
+    questions.push({
+      name: 'upload_path',
+      message: 'Where gancio has to store media?',
+      default: './uploads',
+      filter: p => path.resolve(cwd, p),
+      validate: async p => {
+        let exists =  fs.existsSync(p)
+        if (!exists) {
+          consola.warn(`"${p}" does not exists, trying to create it`)
+          try {
+            mkdirp.sync(p)
+          } catch(e) {
+            console.error(String(e))
+            return false
+          }
+        }
+        return true
+      }
+    })
+  }
   questions.push({
     name: 'admin.email',
     message: `Admin email (a first user with this username will be created)`,
     default: options => {
-      return options.title.replace(' ', '').toLowerCase() + '@' + options.baseurl
+      return options.title.replace(' ', '').toLowerCase() + '@' + url.parse(options.baseurl, true).hostname
     },
     validate: notEmpty
   })
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ async function setupQuestionnaire(is_docker, db) {
     name: 'smtp.auth.user',
     message: 'SMTP User',
     validate: notEmpty,
-    default: options => options.admin.email
+    default: answers => answers.admin.email
   })
 
   questions.push({
@@ -171,6 +171,17 @@ async function setupQuestionnaire(is_docker, db) {
   })
 
   const answers = await inquirer.prompt(questions)
+  if (is_docker) {
+    answers.server = { host: '0.0.0.0', port: 13120 }
+    answers.upload_path = '/opt/gancio/uploads'
+    if(db === 'sqlite') {
+      answers.db = { dialect: db, storage: '/opt/gancio/db.sqlite' }
+    } else {
+      answers.db = { dialect: db, host: 'db', database: 'gancio',
+        username: 'gancio', password: 'gancio'}
+    }
+  }
+
   return answers
 }
 
@@ -198,10 +209,10 @@ async function start (options) {
   // is first run?
   if (firstrun.check(options.config)) {
     if (options.docker) {
-      consola.error('Something goes wrong, did you run "docker-compose run --rm gancio gancio setup"')
+      consola.error('⚠ ️ Something goes wrong, did you run "docker-compose run --rm gancio gancio setup"')
       process.exit(-1)
     }
-    consola.error(`Configuration file "${options.config}" not found! Use "--config <CONFIG_FILE.json>" to specify another path.
+    consola.error(` ⚠ Configuration file "${options.config}" not found! Use "--config <CONFIG_FILE.json>" to specify another path.
 If this is your first run use 'gancio setup --config <CONFIG_FILE.json>' `)
     process.exit(-1)
   }
diff --git a/server/firstrun.js b/server/firstrun.js
index 4f9b1a28..02968596 100644
--- a/server/firstrun.js
+++ b/server/firstrun.js
@@ -19,20 +19,24 @@ module.exports = {
     config.admin_email = admin.email
     config.db.logging = false
     consola.info(`Save configuration to ${config_path}`)
-    fs.writeFileSync(config_path, JSON.stringify(config, null, 2))
+    try {
+      fs.writeFileSync(config_path, JSON.stringify(config, null, 2))
+    } catch(e) {
+      consola.warn(` ⚠️ ${e}. You can specify configuration path using '--config'`)
+    }
 
     // sync db
     const db = require('./api/models')
 
     try {
       await db.user.findAll()
-      consola.warn(`⚠️  Non empty db! Please move your current db elsewhere than retry.`)
+      consola.warn(` ⚠   Non empty db! Please move your current db elsewhere than retry.`)
       return false
     } catch (e) { }
 
     consola.info(`Create tables schema`)
     await db.sequelize.sync().catch(e => {
-      consola.error('Error creating tables', e)
+      consola.error(' ⚠ ️ Error creating tables', e)
       return false
     })
 
@@ -68,5 +72,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
     // close db connection
     await db.sequelize.close()
+
+    return true
   }
 }