diff --git a/.env b/.env.sample
similarity index 69%
rename from .env
rename to .env.sample
index 320eadd..22951b5 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -79,6 +79,30 @@ H2SERVER1_USERNAME=
 # The password used to login to the defined account.
 H2SERVER1_PASSWORD=
 
+# The stats api key (without this, your server won't record stats)
+H2SERVER1_STATS_AUTH_KEY=
+
+# vip_lock (Server):
+# This flag tells the server to lock the game to VIP mode when the game starts
+# Players who are in the lobby when the game starts are added to VIP and can rejoin if there are connection issues
+# The VIP list will be cleared when the lobby reaches Post game
+H2SERVER1_VIP_LOCK=false
+
+# minimum_player_start options (Server):
+# Changes the starting behaviour of the countdown, setting this to any value (1-16) will cause the
+# Server to not start until the player count is equal to or above the given value. A value of 0 will disable this setting.
+H2SERVER1_MINIMUM_PLAYER_START=0
+
+# teams_enabled_bit_flags (Server)
+# By default, the game reads team bitflags from the current map.
+# With this option, you can enable which teams are enabled.
+# Each bit corresponds to a team. Example bellow where we disable Blue, Green and Pink teams:
+# Teams:   Red  Blue  Yellow  Green  Purple  Orange  Brown  Pink
+#           |     |     |       |       |       |      |      |  
+#          \/    \/    \/      \/      \/      \/     \/     \/  
+#           1  -  0  -  1   -   0   -   1   -   1  -   1  -  0
+H2SERVER1_TEAMS_ENABLED_BIT_FLAGS=1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1
+
 # To add more servers just add more configs and port ranges (with approriate port forward on host)
 # and add more blocks to the docker-compose.yml file
 #H2SERVER2_UDP_PORT_RANGE=
@@ -91,4 +115,8 @@ H2SERVER1_PASSWORD=
 #H2SERVER2_SERVER_NAME=
 #H2SERVER2_SERVER_PLAYLIST=
 #H2SERVER2_USERNAME=
-#H2SERVER2_PASSWORD=
\ No newline at end of file
+#H2SERVER2_PASSWORD=
+#H2SERVER2_STATS_AUTH_KEY=
+#H2SERVER2_VIP_LOCK=
+#H2SERVER2_MINIMUM_PLAYER_START=
+#H2SERVER2_TEAMS_ENABLED_BIT_FLAGS=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c49bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.env
diff --git a/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile b/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile
index 494c245..d8f0e18 100644
--- a/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ ARG server_name
 ARG server_playlist
 ARG username
 ARG password
+ARG stats_auth_key
+ARG vip_lock
+ARG minimum_player_start
+ARG teams_enabled_bit_flags
 
 # Build h2server registry file
 ADD createRegistryFile.sh .
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ RUN ./createRegistryFile.sh "$description" "$owner"
 ADD createServerConfig.sh .
 ADD h2serverconfig.ini.template .
 RUN chmod 755 createServerConfig.sh
-RUN ./createServerConfig.sh "$wan_ip" "$lan_ip" "$enable_xdelay" "$debug_log" "$debug_log_level" "$debug_log_console" "$server_name" "$server_playlist" "$pcr_time" "$username" "$password" "$udp_port_range"
+RUN ./createServerConfig.sh "$wan_ip" "$lan_ip" "$enable_xdelay" "$debug_log" "$debug_log_level" "$debug_log_console" "$server_name" "$server_playlist" "$pcr_time" "$username" "$password" "$udp_port_range" "$stats_auth_key" "$vip_lock" "$minimum_player_start" "$teams_enabled_bit_flags"
 RUN mkdir /home/config
 RUN mv h2serverconfig.ini /home/config/
 
diff --git a/Dockerfiles/createServerConfig.sh b/Dockerfiles/createServerConfig.sh
index df8cd47..138604c 100644
--- a/Dockerfiles/createServerConfig.sh
+++ b/Dockerfiles/createServerConfig.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 portRange="${12}"
 basePort="${portRange%-*}"
 
-sed -e "s/\${var1}/$1/" -e "s/\${var2}/$2/" -e "s/\${var3}/$3/" -e "s/\${var4}/$4/" -e "s/\${var5}/$5/" -e "s/\${var6}/$6/" -e "s/\${var7}/$7/" -e "s/\${var8}/$8/" -e "s/\${var9}/$9/" -e "s/\${var10}/${10}/" -e "s/\${var11}/${11}/" -e "s/\${var12}/${basePort}/" h2serverconfig.ini.template | tee h2serverconfig.ini
\ No newline at end of file
+sed -e "s/\${var1}/$1/" -e "s/\${var2}/$2/" -e "s/\${var3}/$3/" -e "s/\${var4}/$4/" -e "s/\${var5}/$5/" -e "s/\${var6}/$6/" -e "s/\${var7}/$7/" -e "s/\${var8}/$8/" -e "s/\${var9}/$9/" -e "s/\${var10}/${10}/" -e "s/\${var11}/${11}/" -e "s/\${var12}/${basePort}/" -e "s/\${var13}/${13}/" -e "s/\${var14}/${14}/" -e "s/\${var15}/${15}/" -e "s/\${var16}/${16}/" h2serverconfig.ini.template | tee h2serverconfig.ini
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfiles/h2serverconfig.ini.template b/Dockerfiles/h2serverconfig.ini.template
index cb5a66f..86683ec 100644
--- a/Dockerfiles/h2serverconfig.ini.template
+++ b/Dockerfiles/h2serverconfig.ini.template
@@ -67,5 +67,8 @@ server_playlist = ${var8}
 additional_pcr_time = ${var9}
 login_identifier = ${var10}
 login_password = ${var11}
-
+stats_auth_key = ${var13}
+vip_lock = ${var14}
+minimum_player_start = ${var15}
+teams_enabled_bit_flags = ${var16}
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c20b72..ae760ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ This set of docker configurations enables someone to host halo2vista dedicated (
 - Ability to open ports
 - Ability to use linux based distributions
 - Ability to use git
+- Make sure following is installed:
+    - git
+    - docker
+    - docker-compose
+    - python
+    - python-yaml
 
 ## Setup
 
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 1e9fc7c..98aff03 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ def getH2ServerBlock(id):
   h2ServerPlaylist = validateValueAndGetKey(h2ServerUniqueStringPrefix + "SERVER_PLAYLIST")
   h2ServerUsername = validateValueAndGetKey(h2ServerUniqueStringPrefix + "USERNAME")
   h2ServerPassword = validateValueAndGetKey(h2ServerUniqueStringPrefix + "PASSWORD")
+  h2ServerStatsAuthKey = validateValueAndGetKey(h2ServerUniqueStringPrefix + "STATS_AUTH_KEY")
+  h2ServerVipLock = validateValueAndGetKey(h2ServerUniqueStringPrefix + "VIP_LOCK")
+  h2ServerMinimumPlayerStart = validateValueAndGetKey(h2ServerUniqueStringPrefix + "MINIMUM_PLAYER_START")
+  h2ServerTeamsEnabledBitFlags = validateValueAndGetKey(h2ServerUniqueStringPrefix + "TEAMS_ENABLED_BIT_FLAGS")
 
   h2ServerArgs = {
     "description": variablize(h2ServerDescription),
@@ -88,7 +92,11 @@ def getH2ServerBlock(id):
     "server_name": variablize(h2ServerName),
     "server_playlist": variablize(h2ServerPlaylist),
     "username": variablize(h2ServerUsername),
-    "password": variablize(h2ServerPassword)
+    "password": variablize(h2ServerPassword),
+    "stats_auth_key": variablize(h2ServerStatsAuthKey),
+    "vip_lock": variablize(h2ServerVipLock),
+    "minimum_player_start": variablize(h2ServerMinimumPlayerStart),
+    "teams_enabled_bit_flags": variablize(h2ServerTeamsEnabledBitFlags)
   }
 
   h2ServerBuild = {"context": "./Dockerfiles", "dockerfile": "Dockerfile", "args": h2ServerArgs}