diff --git a/k8s/nginx-https/container/nginx.conf.template b/k8s/nginx-https/container/nginx.conf.template
index 455ac356..21f3257d 100644
--- a/k8s/nginx-https/container/nginx.conf.template
+++ b/k8s/nginx-https/container/nginx.conf.template
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ http {
       }
 
       # POST requests get forwarded to BDB.
-      if ($request_method = POST ) {}
+      if ($request_method = POST ) {
         proxy_pass http://$bdb_backend:BIGCHAINDB_API_PORT;
       }
 
diff --git a/k8s/nginx-https/container/nginx_entrypoint.bash b/k8s/nginx-https/container/nginx_entrypoint.bash
index f7431b37..8f3227df 100755
--- a/k8s/nginx-https/container/nginx_entrypoint.bash
+++ b/k8s/nginx-https/container/nginx_entrypoint.bash
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 threescale_auth_mode="threescale"
 secret_token_auth_mode="secret-token"
 
+
 # Cluster vars
 cluster_fqdn=`printenv CLUSTER_FQDN`
 cluster_frontend_port=`printenv CLUSTER_FRONTEND_PORT`
@@ -15,18 +16,14 @@ dns_server=`printenv DNS_SERVER`
 health_check_port=`printenv HEALTH_CHECK_PORT`
 authorization_mode=`printenv AUTHORIZATION_MODE`
 
-
 # MongoDB vars
-mongo_frontend_port=`printenv MONGODB_FRONTEND_PORT`
 mongo_backend_host=`printenv MONGODB_BACKEND_HOST`
 mongo_backend_port=`printenv MONGODB_BACKEND_PORT`
 
-
 # OpenResty vars
 openresty_backend_host=`printenv OPENRESTY_BACKEND_HOST`
 openresty_backend_port=`printenv OPENRESTY_BACKEND_PORT`
 
-
 # BigchainDB vars
 bdb_backend_host=`printenv BIGCHAINDB_BACKEND_HOST`
 bdb_api_port=`printenv BIGCHAINDB_API_PORT`
@@ -37,9 +34,9 @@ tm_pub_key_access_port=`printenv TM_PUB_KEY_ACCESS_PORT`
 tm_backend_host=`printenv TM_BACKEND_HOST`
 tm_p2p_port=`printenv TM_P2P_PORT`
 
+
 # sanity check
 if [[ -z "${cluster_frontend_port:?CLUSTER_FRONTEND_PORT not specified. Exiting!}" || \
-      -z "${mongo_frontend_port:?MONGODB_FRONTEND_PORT not specified. Exiting!}" || \
       -z "${mongo_backend_host:?MONGODB_BACKEND_HOST not specified. Exiting!}" || \
       -z "${mongo_backend_port:?MONGODB_BACKEND_PORT not specified. Exiting!}" || \
       -z "${openresty_backend_port:?OPENRESTY_BACKEND_PORT not specified. Exiting!}" || \
@@ -52,8 +49,7 @@ if [[ -z "${cluster_frontend_port:?CLUSTER_FRONTEND_PORT not specified. Exiting!
       -z "${cluster_fqdn:?CLUSTER_FQDN not specified. Exiting!}" || \
       -z "${tm_pub_key_access_port:?TM_PUB_KEY_ACCESS_PORT not specified. Exiting!}" || \
       -z "${tm_backend_host:?TM_BACKEND_HOST not specified. Exiting!}" || \
-      -z "${tm_p2p_port:?TM_P2P_PORT not specified. Exiting!}" || \
-      -z "${authorization_mode:-threescale_auth_mode}" ]]; then # Set the default authorization mode to threescale
+      -z "${tm_p2p_port:?TM_P2P_PORT not specified. Exiting!}" ]]; then
   echo "Missing required environment variables. Exiting!"
   exit 1
 else
@@ -61,7 +57,6 @@ else
   echo CLUSTER_FRONTEND_PORT="$cluster_frontend_port"
   echo DNS_SERVER="$dns_server"
   echo HEALTH_CHECK_PORT="$health_check_port"
-  echo MONGODB_FRONTEND_PORT="$mongo_frontend_port"
   echo MONGODB_BACKEND_HOST="$mongo_backend_host"
   echo MONGODB_BACKEND_PORT="$mongo_backend_port"
   echo OPENRESTY_BACKEND_HOST="$openresty_backend_host"
@@ -77,7 +72,7 @@ fi
 if [[ ${authorization_mode} == ${secret_token_auth_mode} ]]; then
   NGINX_CONF_FILE=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
   secret_access_token=`printenv SECRET_ACCESS_TOKEN`
-  sed -i "s|SECRET_ACCESS_TOKEN|${secret_token_header}|g"
+  sed -i "s|SECRET_ACCESS_TOKEN|${secret_access_token}|g" ${NGINX_CONF_FILE}
 elif [[ ${authorization_mode} == ${threescale_auth_mode} ]]; then
   NGINX_CONF_FILE=/etc/nginx/nginx-threescale.conf
   sed -i "s|OPENRESTY_BACKEND_PORT|${openresty_backend_port}|g" ${NGINX_CONF_FILE}
@@ -90,7 +85,6 @@ fi
 # configure the nginx.conf file with env variables
 sed -i "s|CLUSTER_FQDN|${cluster_fqdn}|g" ${NGINX_CONF_FILE}
 sed -i "s|CLUSTER_FRONTEND_PORT|${cluster_frontend_port}|g" ${NGINX_CONF_FILE}
-sed -i "s|MONGODB_FRONTEND_PORT|${mongo_frontend_port}|g" ${NGINX_CONF_FILE}
 sed -i "s|MONGODB_BACKEND_HOST|${mongo_backend_host}|g" ${NGINX_CONF_FILE}
 sed -i "s|MONGODB_BACKEND_PORT|${mongo_backend_port}|g" ${NGINX_CONF_FILE}
 sed -i "s|BIGCHAINDB_BACKEND_HOST|${bdb_backend_host}|g" ${NGINX_CONF_FILE}