diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 4e2e2cc..fe5ea7c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ services:
       - backups
         
   cron:
-    image: nextcloud:apache
+    image: nextcloud:32-apache
     restart: always
     volumes:
       - nextcloud:/var/www/html
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - db
       - redis
+    environment:
+      - MYSQL_HOST=db
+      - REDIS_HOST=redis
+    networks:
+      - backups
+      - default
 
   proxy:
     build: ./proxy
@@ -114,11 +120,27 @@ services:
       - vhost.d:/etc/nginx/vhost.d
       - html:/usr/share/nginx/html
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro
+      - ./proxy/conf/forwarded_headers.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/forwarded_headers.conf:ro
     environment:
       - ENABLE_IPV6=true
     networks:
       - proxy-tier
 
+  forwarded-for-headers-init:
+    image: nextcloud:${NEXTCLOUD_VERSION}
+    depends_on:
+      - app
+    volumes:
+      - nextcloud:/var/www/html
+      - ./scripts/forwarded-for-headers-init.sh:/usr/local/bin/nextcloud-init.sh:ro
+    entrypoint: ["/bin/bash","/usr/local/bin/nextcloud-init.sh"]
+    restart: no
+    networks:
+      - proxy-tier
+      - default
+      - backups
+
+
   letsencrypt-companion:
     image: nginxproxy/acme-companion
     restart: always
@@ -146,4 +168,4 @@ volumes:
 
 networks:
   proxy-tier:
-  backups:
+  backups:i
diff --git a/proxy/conf/forwarded_headers.conf b/proxy/conf/forwarded_headers.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c7a500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/conf/forwarded_headers.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Ensure NGINX sets the real client IP headers itself and does NOT pass through
+# client-controlled X-Forwarded-For values. Using $remote_addr prevents header
+# spoofing by clients. This file should be placed in /etc/nginx/conf.d so it's
+# included by the nginx configuration.
+proxy_set_header Host $host;
+proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+# Avoid appending client-supplied X-Forwarded-For. Set it to the connecting IP.
+proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
diff --git a/scripts/forwarded-for-headers-init.sh b/scripts/forwarded-for-headers-init.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a83e22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/forwarded-for-headers-init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+log() { echo "[$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')] $*"; }
+
+# Maximum time to wait for Nextcloud/occ to become available (seconds)
+MAX_WAIT=300
+SLEEP_INTERVAL=5
+WAITED=0
+
+log "nextcloud-init: waiting for Nextcloud (occ) to become available..."
+while ! php /var/www/html/occ status >/dev/null 2>&1; do
+  sleep $SLEEP_INTERVAL
+  WAITED=$((WAITED + SLEEP_INTERVAL))
+  if [ "$WAITED" -ge "$MAX_WAIT" ]; then
+    log "timeout waiting for Nextcloud occ to be available after ${MAX_WAIT}s"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+log "occ is available"
+
+# Resolve proxy IP. If you want to override detection, supply PROXY_IP env var.
+proxy_ip=""
+if [ -n "${PROXY_IP:-}" ]; then
+  proxy_ip="$PROXY_IP"
+  log "Using PROXY_IP from environment: $proxy_ip"
+else
+  # Resolve the 'proxy' service hostname on the proxy-tier network
+  proxy_ip=$(getent hosts proxy | awk '{print $1}' || true)
+  if [ -n "$proxy_ip" ]; then
+    log "Resolved proxy service IP: $proxy_ip"
+  else
+    log "Could not resolve 'proxy' hostname. You may set PROXY_IP environment variable in docker-compose if automatic discovery fails."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Function to run occ commands and capture output
+occ() {
+  php /var/www/html/occ "$@"
+}
+
+# Configure trusted_proxies (append if not present)
+existing_trusted=$(occ config:system:get trusted_proxies 2>/dev/null || true)
+if echo "$existing_trusted" | grep -F "$proxy_ip" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  log "Proxy IP $proxy_ip already present in trusted_proxies; skipping add."
+else
+  # If no existing value, set to array with proxy_ip; otherwise set to existing + proxy_ip.
+  if [ -z "$existing_trusted" ]; then
+    log "Setting trusted_proxies to [\"$proxy_ip\"]"
+    occ config:system:set trusted_proxies --value="[\"$proxy_ip\"]" --type=array
+  else
+    # Best-effort: attempt to preserve existing values by reading them and creating a merged JSON array.
+    # existing_trusted sometimes prints a human-readable array; try to extract lines with IPs.
+    ips=$(echo "$existing_trusted" | sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]*-\s*\(.*\)$/\1/p' | tr '\n' ',' | sed 's/,$//')
+    # If extraction failed, fall back to set only the proxy IP (safer than leaving proxy untrusted).
+    if [ -z "$ips" ]; then
+      log "Could not parse existing trusted_proxies reliably; setting to [\"$proxy_ip\"] to ensure proxy is trusted."
+      occ config:system:set trusted_proxies --value="[\"$proxy_ip\"]" --type=array
+    else
+      # Build JSON array merging existing IPs and proxy_ip if missing
+      # Note: this is simple textual merging; for complex existing values adjust manually.
+      merged="["
+      IFS=',' read -r -a arr <<< "$ips"
+      for v in "${arr[@]}"; do
+        v_trim=$(echo "$v" | sed 's/^[[:space:]\"]*//;s/[[:space:]\"]*$//')
+        [ -n "$v_trim" ] && merged="$merged\"$v_trim\","
+      done
+      # Add the detected proxy IP unless present
+      if ! echo "$merged" | grep -F "\"$proxy_ip\"" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        merged="$merged\"$proxy_ip\","
+      fi
+      merged="${merged%,}]"
+      log "Setting trusted_proxies to $merged"
+      occ config:system:set trusted_proxies --value="$merged" --type=array
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Restrict forwarded headers to a safe subset (X-Forwarded-For)
+log "Setting forwarded_for_headers to [\"HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR\"]"
+occ config:system:set forwarded_for_headers --value='["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"]' --type=array
+
+log "nextcloud-init: finished successfully"