diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e3025bbd7a8744f72cd23d19068b0b510fa66777..98e094288bdadfc040224aaf12b5c202e028840c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ services:
     ports:
       - '4222:4222' #Nats server port
       - '8222:8222' #Nats server Monitoring port
+    command: [
+      "--config", "nats-server.conf",
+      "--debug",
+      "--trace",
+      "--user", "nats_user",
+      "--pass", "Rw+dYIymAQm9H6ELLNwSuGo1812jqQ=="
+    ]
 
   ssi:
     build:
@@ -38,6 +45,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       - HTTP_PORT=3000
       - NATS_URL=nats://nats:4222
+      - NATS_USER=nats_user
+      - NATS_PASSWORD=Rw+dYIymAQm9H6ELLNwSuGo1812jqQ==
       - NATS_MONITORING_URL=http://nats:8222
       - SSI_AGENT_URL=http://ssi:3009
     ports: