diff --git a/lsio/healthchecks/docker-compose.yaml b/lsio/healthchecks/docker-compose.yaml
index 7b33604..9f79f61 100644
--- a/lsio/healthchecks/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/lsio/healthchecks/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ services:
       - SITE_LOGO_URL=<SITE_LOGO_URL> # optional
       # A secret key used for cryptographic signing. docker-healthchecks will generate a secure value if one does not exist
       - SECRET_KEY=<SECRET_KEY> # optional
+      # Defaults to False. A boolean that turns on/off the Apprise integration (https://github.com/caronc/apprise)
+      - APPRISE_ENABLED=True/False # optional
     volumes:
       # database and healthchecks config directory volume mapping
       - ${BASEDIR:-/volume1/docker}/healthchecks/config:/config
diff --git a/lsio/healthchecks/docker-run.sh b/lsio/healthchecks/docker-run.sh
index e8229c0..fa5e88b 100644
--- a/lsio/healthchecks/docker-run.sh
+++ b/lsio/healthchecks/docker-run.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ docker run -d \
   -e REGENERATE_SETTINGS=True/False `# optional` `# Defaults to False. Set to true to always override the `local_settings.py` file with values from environment variables. Do not set to True if you have made manual modifications to this file.` \
   -e SITE_LOGO_URL=<SITE_LOGO_URL> `# optional` `# Custom site logo URL` \
   -e SECRET_KEY=<SECRET_KEY> `# optional` `# A secret key used for cryptographic signing. docker-healthchecks will generate a secure value if one does not exist` \
+  -e APPRISE_ENABLED=True/False `# optional` `# Defaults to False. A boolean that turns on/off the Apprise integration (https://github.com/caronc/apprise)` \
   -p 8000:8000 `# will map the container's port 8000 to port 8000 on the host` \
   -v ${BASEDIR:-/volume1/docker}/healthchecks/config:/config `# database and healthchecks config directory volume mapping` \
   --restart unless-stopped \