diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 53ff247..f6c3ab9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ This repository contains a docker-compose setup as well as an [ansible](https://
   support](https://docs.traefik.io/user-guide/docker-and-lets-encrypt/). An example to copy into the normal compose file
   is located at ``reverse-proxy-examples/docker-compose``. You can also find a few words on an nginx configuration at
   ``reverse-proxy-examples/nginx``
+* Make sure you serve all requests for the `/static/` and `/media/` paths (when `debug=false`). See [installation](https://docs.pretalx.org/administrator/installation/#step-7-ssl) for more information
 * Optional: To adjust the number of [Gunicorn workers](https://docs.gunicorn.org/en/stable/settings.html#workers), provide
   the container with `GUNICORN_WORKERS` environment variable. Similarly you can use `GUNICORN_MAX_REQUESTS` and
   `GUNICORN_MAX_REQUESTS_JITTER` to configure the requests a worker instance will process before restarting. `GUNICORN_FORWARDED_ALLOW_IPS` lets you specify which IPs to trust (i.e. which reverse proxies' `X-Forwarded-*` headers can be used to infer connection security).
diff --git a/conf/pretalx.cfg b/conf/pretalx.cfg
index b0cbf80..044ab12 100644
--- a/conf/pretalx.cfg
+++ b/conf/pretalx.cfg
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 # use PRETALX_FILESYSTEM_* env vars
 
 [site]
-; never run debug in production
+; never run debug in production. Make sure you serve all requests for the
+; `/static/` and `/media/` paths when debug is False.
+; See [installation](https://docs.pretalx.org/administrator/installation/#step-7-ssl) for more information
 debug = True
 url = http://localhost
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 82ff75b..e3cfabc 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ services:
       - redis
       - db
     environment:
+      # Hint: Make sure you serve all requests for the `/static/` and `/media/` paths when debug is False. See [installation](https://docs.pretalx.org/administrator/installation/#step-7-ssl) for more information
       PRETALX_FILESYSTEM_MEDIA: /public/media
       PRETALX_FILESYSTEM_STATIC: /public/static
     ports: