diff --git a/ai/compose.yml b/ai/compose.yml
index 00162a8..3a92a8e 100755
--- a/ai/compose.yml
+++ b/ai/compose.yml
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ services:
       - API_SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0
       - API_SERVER_KEY=hermes_local_key
       - GATEWAY_ALLOW_ALL_USERS=true
-      # Manual kanban dispatch — no auto-sweep from triage
-      - HERMES_KANBAN_DISPATCH_IN_GATEWAY=false
       - OPENROUTER_API_KEY=${OPENROUTER_API_KEY}
       # ROCm for GPU-accelerated faster-whisper STT
       - HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION=9.0.6
@@ -176,6 +174,8 @@ services:
       - AUTH_USE_AUTH=true
       - AUTH_JWT_SECRET=${AUTH_JWT_SECRET}
       - OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY}
+      # Needed by deriver/dream to make LLM calls (api_key_env = "HONCHO_OPENAI_API_KEY" in config.toml)
+      - HONCHO_OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY}
     volumes:
       - honcho_data:/app/data
       - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Honcho/config.toml:/app/config.toml:ro