diff --git a/docker/prod/standalone/selfsigned/Dockerfile b/docker/prod/standalone/selfsigned/Dockerfile
index 42f2132a..d37cd713 100644
--- a/docker/prod/standalone/selfsigned/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/prod/standalone/selfsigned/Dockerfile
@@ -44,26 +44,11 @@ ENTRYPOINT exec java \
     -jar seb-server-"${SEBSERVER_VERSION}".jar \
     --server.port="${SERVER_PORT}" \
     --spring.config.location=classpath:/config/ \
+    --spring.profiles.active=prod \
     --datastore.mariadb.server.address="${DBSERVER_ADDRESS}" \
     --datastore.mariadb.server.port="${DBSERVER_PORT}" \
-    --spring.profiles.active=prod \
     --spring.datasource.password="${DBSERVER_PWD}" \
     --sebserver.webservice.api.admin.clientSecret="${GUICLIENT_PWD}" \
     --sebserver.webservice.internalSecret="${INTERNAL_PWD}"
 
-#CMD ["java -jar seb-server-${SEBSERVER_VERSION}-SNAPSHOT.jar --server.address=${SERVER_ADDRESS} --server.port=${SERVER_PORT} --spring.config.location=classpath:/config/ --datastore.mariadb.server.address=${DBSERVER_ADDRESS} --datastore.mariadb.server.port${DBSERVER_PORT} --spring.profiles.active=demo --spring.datasource.password=${DBSERVER_PWD} --sebserver.webservice.api.admin.clientSecret=${GUICLIENT_PWD} --sebserver.webservice.internalSecret=${INTERNAL_PWD}"]
-
-# CMD java \
-#    -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 \
-#    -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=seb-server-keystore.pkcs12 \
-#    -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword="${KEYSTORE_PWD}" \
-#    -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=seb-server-truststore.pkcs12 \
-#    -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword="${KEYSTORE_PWD}" \
-#    -jar seb-server-"${SEBSERVER_VERSION}".jar \
-#    --spring.config.location=classpath:/config/,file:/sebserver/ \
-#    --server.address="${SERVER_ADDRESS}" \
-#    --spring.profiles.active=dev \
-#    --datastore.mariadb.server.address="${DBSERVER_ADDRESS}" \
-#    --datastore.mariadb.server.port="${DBSERVER_PORT}"
-
 EXPOSE $PORT
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/config/.gitignore b/src/main/resources/config/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 065fbb36..00000000
--- a/src/main/resources/config/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/application-prod-gui.properties
-/application-prod-ws.properties
-/application-prod.properties
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config/application-prod-gui.properties b/src/main/resources/config/application-prod-gui.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8bc20490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/config/application-prod-gui.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+server.address=localhost
+server.port=8443
+server.servlet.context-path=/
+
+server.servlet.session.cookie.http-only=true
+server.servlet.session.tracking-modes=cookie
+
+sebserver.gui.entrypoint=/gui
+sebserver.gui.webservice.protocol=https
+sebserver.gui.webservice.address=localhost
+sebserver.gui.webservice.port=80
+sebserver.gui.webservice.apipath=/admin-api/v1
+# defines the polling interval that is used to poll the webservice for client connection data on a monitored exam page
+sebserver.gui.webservice.poll-interval=500
+
+
+sebserver.gui.theme=css/sebserver.css
+sebserver.gui.list.page.size=20
+sebserver.gui.date.displayformat=MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm
+sebserver.gui.date.displayformat.timezone=|ZZ
+sebserver.gui.multilingual=false
+sebserver.gui.languages=en
+
+sebserver.gui.seb.client.config.download.filename=SebClientSettings.seb
+sebserver.gui.seb.exam.config.download.filename=SebClientSettings.seb
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/config/application-prod-ws.properties b/src/main/resources/config/application-prod-ws.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..036a0b6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/config/application-prod-ws.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# server
+server.port=8090
+server.servlet.context-path=/
+
+# logging
+logging.file=log/sebserver.log
+
+# database server
+datastore.mariadb.server.address=localhost
+datastore.mariadb.server.port=3306
+
+# data source configuration
+spring.datasource.initialize=true
+spring.datasource.initialization-mode=always
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mariadb://${datastore.mariadb.server.address}:${datastore.mariadb.server.port}/SEBServer?createDatabaseIfNotExist=true&verifyServerCertificate=true&useSSL=true&requireSSL=true
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
+spring.datasource.platform=prod
+spring.datasource.hikari.initializationFailTimeout=30000
+spring.datasource.hikari.connectionTimeout=30000
+spring.datasource.hikari.idleTimeout=600000
+spring.datasource.hikari.maxLifetime=1800000
+
+# webservice configuration
+sebserver.webservice.distributed=false
+sebserver.webservice.http.scheme=https
+sebserver.webservice.http.server.name=${server.address}
+
+sebserver.webservice.http.redirect.gui=/gui
+sebserver.webservice.api.admin.endpoint=/admin-api/v1
+sebserver.webservice.api.admin.accessTokenValiditySeconds=3600
+sebserver.webservice.api.admin.refreshTokenValiditySeconds=25200
+sebserver.webservice.api.exam.endpoint=/exam-api
+sebserver.webservice.api.exam.endpoint.discovery=${sebserver.webservice.api.exam.endpoint}/discovery
+sebserver.webservice.api.exam.endpoint.v1=${sebserver.webservice.api.exam.endpoint}/v1
+sebserver.webservice.api.exam.accessTokenValiditySeconds=3600
+sebserver.webservice.api.exam.event-handling-strategy=ASYNC_BATCH_STORE_STRATEGY
+sebserver.webservice.api.exam.enable-indicator-cache=true
+sebserver.webservice.api.pagination.maxPageSize=500
+# comma separated list of known possible OpenEdX API access token request endpoints
+sebserver.webservice.lms.openedx.api.token.request.paths=/oauth2/access_token
+
+# actuator configuration
+management.endpoints.web.base-path=/actuator
+management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=logfile,loggers
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/config/application-prod.properties b/src/main/resources/config/application-prod.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb1f5b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/config/application-prod.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+spring.profiles.include=prod-ws,prod-gui
+
+server.address=[TO SET]
+server.port=80
+server.servlet.context-path=/
+
+datastore.mariadb.server.address=[TO SET]
+
+security.require-ssl=true
+server.ssl.key-store-type=PKCS12
+server.ssl.key-store=file:/sebserver/seb-server-keystore.pkcs12
+server.ssl.key-alias=1
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