diff --git a/configs/prod-php.ini b/configs/prod-php.ini
index 9536f19..ad16d0b 100644
--- a/configs/prod-php.ini
+++ b/configs/prod-php.ini
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ session.save_handler = memcache
 ; RPM note : session directory must be owned by process owner
 ; for mod_php, see /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf
 ; for php-fpm, see /etc/php-fpm.d/*conf
-session.save_path = "tcp://localhost:11211"
+session.save_path = "tcp://memcache:11211"
 
 ; Whether to use strict session mode.
 ; Strict session mode does not accept an uninitialized session ID, and
diff --git a/scripts/entrypoint.sh b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
index e15aeb1..43eaca3 100644
--- a/scripts/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ if [ -z "$PHPVER" ]; then
   PHPVER="83";
 fi
 
+if [ -z "$environment" ]; then
+  environment="PROD"
+fi
+
 adduser -u $uid $user
 
 mkdir -p /home/$user/public_html
@@ -40,6 +44,7 @@ if [[ $environment == 'DEV' ]]; then
     dnf install -y microdnf && dnf clean all
   fi
   microdnf install -y MariaDB-server MariaDB-client memcached
+  sed -r -i 's/session.save_path="memcache:11211/session.save_path="localhost:11211/' /etc/php.ini
   nohup mysqld -umysql &
   if [ ! -f /home/$user/mysql_creds ]; then
     echo "Give MySQL a chance to finish starting..."