diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 07f43b8..8e23fc8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-data/*
\ No newline at end of file
+data/*
+tests/certs/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7e5b9e..2c161c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-* Nothing
+* Fixed using list ENV variables with multiple values
 
 ## v1.1.2
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0084280..7ce4469 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ RUN buildDeps='gcc git libc6-dev libidn11-dev liblua5.2-dev libsqlite3-dev libss
  && luarocks install luaevent \
  && luarocks install luadbi \
  && luarocks install luadbi-sqlite3 \
+ && luarocks install stringy \
  \
  && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove $buildDeps
 
@@ -58,6 +59,9 @@ RUN groupadd -r prosody \
  && useradd -r -g prosody prosody \
  && chown prosody:prosody /usr/local/var/lib/prosody
 
+RUN mkdir -p /var/run/prosody/ \
+ && chown prosody:prosody /var/run/prosody/
+
 # https://github.com/prosody/prosody-docker/issues/25
 ENV __FLUSH_LOG yes
 
diff --git a/conf.d/03-e2e-policy.cfg.lua b/conf.d/03-e2e-policy.cfg.lua
index 8859054..da38f0d 100644
--- a/conf.d/03-e2e-policy.cfg.lua
+++ b/conf.d/03-e2e-policy.cfg.lua
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-local splitString = function(input, sep)
-    local t={}
-    for str in string.gmatch(input, "([^"..sep.."]+)") do
-            table.insert(t, str)
-    end
-    return t
-end
+local stringy = require "stringy" 
 
 e2e_policy_chat = os.getenv("E2E_POLICY_CHAT")
 e2e_policy_muc = os.getenv("E2E_POLICY_MUC")
-e2e_policy_whitelist = splitString(os.getenv("E2E_POLICY_WHITELIST"), ", ")
+
+local e2ePolicyWhitelist = os.getenv("E2E_POLICY_WHITELIST")
+print("e2ePolicyWhitelist:")
+print(e2ePolicyWhitelist)
+e2e_policy_whitelist = stringy.split(e2ePolicyWhitelist, ", ")
+
 e2e_policy_message_optional_chat = "For security reasons, OMEMO, OTR or PGP encryption is STRONGLY recommended for conversations on this server."
 e2e_policy_message_required_chat = "For security reasons, OMEMO, OTR or PGP encryption is required for conversations on this server."
 e2e_policy_message_optional_muc = "For security reasons, OMEMO, OTR or PGP encryption is STRONGLY recommended for MUC on this server."
diff --git a/conf.d/04-server_contact_info.cfg.lua b/conf.d/04-server_contact_info.cfg.lua
index 6268d9d..52437e7 100644
--- a/conf.d/04-server_contact_info.cfg.lua
+++ b/conf.d/04-server_contact_info.cfg.lua
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+local stringy = require "stringy" 
+
 contact_info = {
-  abuse = { os.getenv("SERVER_CONTACT_INFO_ABUSE") };
-  admin = { os.getenv("SERVER_CONTACT_INFO_ADMIN") };
-  feedback = { os.getenv("SERVER_CONTACT_INFO_FEEDBACK") };
-  sales = { os.getenv("SERVER_CONTACT_INFO_SALES") };
-  security = { os.getenv("SERVER_CONTACT_INFO_SECURITY") };
-  support = { os.getenv("SERVER_CONTACT_INFO_SUPPORT") };
+  abuse = stringy.split(os.getenv("SERVER_CONTACT_INFO_ABUSE"), ", ");
+  admin = stringy.split(os.getenv("SERVER_CONTACT_INFO_ADMIN"), ", ");
+  feedback = stringy.split(os.getenv("SERVER_CONTACT_INFO_FEEDBACK"), ", ");
+  sales = stringy.split(os.getenv("SERVER_CONTACT_INFO_SALES"), ", ");
+  security = stringy.split(os.getenv("SERVER_CONTACT_INFO_SECURITY"), ", ");
+  support = stringy.split(os.getenv("SERVER_CONTACT_INFO_SUPPORT"), ", ");
 }
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index fe02b5c..167e3d8 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
+echo "docker-entrypoint.sh"
+
 export ALLOW_REGISTRATION=${ALLOW_REGISTRATION:-true}
 export DOMAIN_HTTP_UPLOAD=${DOMAIN_HTTP_UPLOAD:-"upload.$DOMAIN"}
 export DOMAIN_MUC=${DOMAIN_MUC:-"conference.$DOMAIN"}
@@ -21,7 +23,12 @@ export SERVER_CONTACT_INFO_SECURITY=${SERVER_CONTACT_INFO_SECURITY:-"xmpp:securi
 export SERVER_CONTACT_INFO_SUPPORT=${SERVER_CONTACT_INFO_SUPPORT:-"xmpp:support@$DOMAIN"}
 export PROSODY_ADMINS=${PROSODY_ADMINS:-""}
 
+echo "docker-entrypoint.sh ENV variables initialized"
+
 if [[ "$1" != "prosody" ]]; then
+    echo "docker-entrypoint.sh prosodyctl"
+    echo "docker-entrypoint.sh @ $@"
+    echo "docker-entrypoint.sh * $*"
     exec prosodyctl $*
     exit 0;
 fi
@@ -35,5 +42,5 @@ if [ -z "$DOMAIN" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-
+echo "docker-entrypoint.sh last command"
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/prosody.cfg.lua b/prosody.cfg.lua
index 9b887b8..b2f8ace 100644
--- a/prosody.cfg.lua
+++ b/prosody.cfg.lua
@@ -1,11 +1,27 @@
 -- see example config at https://hg.prosody.im/0.9/file/0.9.10/prosody.cfg.lua.dist
 -- easily extendable by putting into different config files within conf.d folder
 
-admins = { os.getenv("PROSODY_ADMINS") };
+
+print("Hello")
+print("World")
+print(os.getenv("PROSODY_ADMINS"));
+
+local stringy = require "stringy" 
+
+print(stringy.split(os.getenv("PROSODY_ADMINS"), ","))
+print(stringy.split(os.getenv("PROSODY_ADMINS"), ", "))
+
+admins = stringy.split(os.getenv("PROSODY_ADMINS"), ", ");
+
+print(admins);
+
+pidfile = "/var/run/prosody/prosody.pid"
 
 use_libevent = true; -- improves performance
 
 allow_registration = os.getenv("ALLOW_REGISTRATION");
+print("allow_registration:")
+print(allow_registration)
 
 c2s_require_encryption = os.getenv("C2S_REQUIRE_ENCRYPTION");
 s2s_require_encryption = os.getenv("S2S_REQUIRE_ENCRYPTION");
diff --git a/tests/docker-compose.yml b/tests/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..249f6ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+version: '3.7'
+
+services:
+  prosody:
+    image: prosody
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "5000:5000"
+      - "5222:5222"
+      - "5223:5223"
+      - "5269:5269"
+      - "5281:5281"
+    environment:
+      DOMAIN: prosody
+      PROSODY_ADMINS: "admin@prosody, admin2@prosody"
+    extra_hosts:
+      - "conference.prosody:127.0.0.1"
+      - "pubsub.prosody:127.0.0.1"
+      - "proxy.prosody:127.0.0.1"
+      - "upload.prosody:127.0.0.1"
+    volumes:
+      - ./certs:/usr/local/etc/prosody/certs
+        #- ./data:/usr/local/var/lib/prosody
diff --git a/tests/test.zsh b/tests/test.zsh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a1a43b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/zsh
+
+# generate certs for testing
+
+generateCert() {
+    DOMAIN="$1"
+    mkdir -p certs/"$DOMAIN"
+    cd certs/"$DOMAIN"
+    openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout privkey.pem -out fullchain.pem -days 365 -subj "/CN=$DOMAIN" -nodes
+    chmod 777 *.pem
+    cd ../../
+}
+
+generateCert "prosody"
+generateCert "conference.prosody"
+generateCert "pubsub.prosody"
+generateCert "proxy.prosody"
+generateCert "upload.prosody"