diff --git a/internal/service/assets/docker-compose.yaml.tmpl b/internal/service/assets/docker-compose.yaml.tmpl
index 1c31676..ddcb0ee 100644
--- a/internal/service/assets/docker-compose.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/internal/service/assets/docker-compose.yaml.tmpl
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ services:
     environment:
       - GF_SERVER_ROOT_URL={{ .RootUrl }}/grafana
       - GF_SERVER_SERVE_FROM_SUB_PATH=true
+      - GF_SMTP_ENABLED=true
+      - GF_SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS=grafana@{{ .Hostname }}
+      - GF_SMTP_SKIP_VERIFY=true
+      - GF_METRICS_ENABLED=false
     volumes:
       - /var/lib/finch/grafana:/var/lib/grafana
       - /var/lib/finch/grafana/alerting:/etc/grafana/provisioning/alerting
@@ -13,6 +17,7 @@ services:
       - sh
       - -euc
       - |
+        export GF_SMTP_HOST="$(ip route | awk '/default/ {print $3; exit}'):25"
         mkdir -p /etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources
         cat <<EOF > /etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources/ds.yaml
         apiVersion: 1
diff --git a/internal/service/deploy.go b/internal/service/deploy.go
index 5fe2719..c79f57f 100644
--- a/internal/service/deploy.go
+++ b/internal/service/deploy.go
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ func (s *Service) __deployCopyComposeFile() error {
 	}
 
 	data := struct {
+		Hostname            string
 		RootUrl             string
 		AlloyConfigHash     string
 		GrafanaConfigHash   string
@@ -398,6 +399,7 @@ func (s *Service) __deployCopyComposeFile() error {
 		MimirConfigHash     string
 		PyroscopeConfigHash string
 	}{
+		Hostname:            s.config.Hostname,
 		RootUrl:             fmt.Sprintf("https://%s", s.config.Hostname),
 		AlloyConfigHash:     s.__configHash(alloyRendered.Bytes()),
 		GrafanaConfigHash:   s.__configHash(grafanaChunks...),