diff --git a/stack.production.yml b/stack.production.yml
index 6eee9ad..bc3b431 100644
--- a/stack.production.yml
+++ b/stack.production.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ x-environment:
   DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres:postgres@glitch_postgres:5432/postgres
   SECRET_KEY: 4f99181d528f201c16806b34b980791f9a99570d645910dacfe31198b503ea2f # best to run openssl rand -hex 32
   PORT: 8000
+  ## email validation ##
+  ## docker exec -ti glitch_worker.1.8b8pbbq7kv988mn8advt4n3mh ./manage.py shell_plus
+  ## from django.core.mail import send_mail; send_mail('Subject here', 'Here is the message.', 'glitch@nixc.us', ['colin@nixc.us'], fail_silently=False)
   EMAIL_URL: smtp+tls://glitch@nixc.us:G2BeHLDezu2Eg8x5aDy8MZ3RTLJoP6xJyvwDnFDMCrFxe7AWW5mAst96zvkcDq3R@box.p.nixc.us:587 # https://glitchtip.com/documentation/install#configuration
   GLITCHTIP_DOMAIN: https://glitch.nixc.us # Change this to your domain
   DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL: glitch@nixc.us # Change this to your email