diff --git a/pages/self-hosting/configuration.mdx b/pages/self-hosting/configuration.mdx
index 0b7383e..f637ffe 100644
--- a/pages/self-hosting/configuration.mdx
+++ b/pages/self-hosting/configuration.mdx
@@ -142,13 +142,30 @@ Your System Email Address
 
 You can also configure your frontend by creating a `.env` file in the `apps/web` folder.
 
+### Authentication (Oauth) configuration
+Following the integration of OAuth using NextAuth to manage sign-ups/ins. For this to work, you now need to add two lines to your `.env` config file.
+
+<Callout type="info">
+To safely encrypt tokens and email hashes, you need a NextAuth secret.
+
+To create one, either run `npx auth secret`, or on UNIX based systems (MacOS/Linux) you can use `openssl rand -base64 33`.
+
+Copy this string into your .env file as NEXTAUTH_SECRET.
+</Callout>
+
 Here is an example of the `.env` file :
 
 ```env filename="apps/web/.env" {1-2}
+# Learnhouse configuration
 NEXT_PUBLIC_LEARNHOUSE_MULTI_ORG=false
 NEXT_PUBLIC_LEARNHOUSE_DEFAULT_ORG=defaultorg
+# NextAuth Configuration
+NEXTAUTH_SECRET={generated_secret}
+NEXTAUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000/
 ```
 
+To learn more about Custom Authentication, visit the NextAuth docs [here](https://authjs.dev/getting-started/authentication).
+
 ###  Multi Organizations
 
 Please check the [Multi Organization](./organization-hosting-modes) section for more information.
diff --git a/pages/self-hosting/hosting-guide.mdx b/pages/self-hosting/hosting-guide.mdx
index 04212b9..4ddf81f 100644
--- a/pages/self-hosting/hosting-guide.mdx
+++ b/pages/self-hosting/hosting-guide.mdx
@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@ import { Steps } from 'nextra-theme-docs'
 
 # Self hosting guide 
 
-We use Docker & Docker compose to run LearnHouse, this makes it easy to run the application on any machine that has Docker installed.
+We use Docker & Docker Compose to run LearnHouse, this makes it easy to run the application on any machine that has Docker installed.
 
-Tested on : 
+Tested on: 
 - macOS Sonoma 
 - Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar lobster 
 - (Need testers on Windows)
 
+<Callout type="info" emoji="🛠">
+Interested in helping test on Windows? Join our [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/CMyZjjYZ6x) community.
+</Callout>
+
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
@@ -34,6 +38,24 @@ git clone https://github.com/learnhouse/learnhouse
 cd learnhouse
 ```
 
+### Configure NextAuth
+
+Add these lines to your `.env` file. A template is available under `/extra/example-learnhouse-conf.env`.
+
+<Callout type="info">
+To safely encrypt tokens and email hashes, you need a NextAuth secret.
+
+To create one, either run `npx auth secret`, or on UNIX based systems (MacOS/Linux) you can use `openssl rand -base64 33`.
+
+Copy this string into your .env file as NEXTAUTH_SECRET=
+</Callout>
+
+```env filename=".env"
+# NextAuth Configuration
+NEXTAUTH_SECRET={generated_secret}
+NEXTAUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000/
+```
+
 ### Build and run LearnHouse
 
 ```shell copy