diff --git a/DOCUMENTATION/content/documentation/index.md b/DOCUMENTATION/content/documentation/index.md
index 0e11cf75..7795184d 100644
--- a/DOCUMENTATION/content/documentation/index.md
+++ b/DOCUMENTATION/content/documentation/index.md
@@ -1832,7 +1832,7 @@ Laradock comes with `sync.sh`, an optional bash script, that automates installin
 DOCKER_SYNC_STRATEGY=native_osx
 ```
 
-3) set `APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER=/var/www` to `APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER=/var/www:nocopy` in the .env file
+3) set `APP_CODE_CONTAINER_FLAG` to `APP_CODE_CONTAINER_FLAG=:nocopy` in the .env file
 
 4) Install the docker-sync gem on the host-machine:
 ```bash
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index bac93ac9..7c6bf3a1 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ services:
           - BLACKFIRE_CLIENT_ID=${BLACKFIRE_CLIENT_ID}
           - BLACKFIRE_CLIENT_TOKEN=${BLACKFIRE_CLIENT_TOKEN}
       volumes:
-        - ${APP_CODE_PATH_HOST}:${APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER}
+        - ${APP_CODE_PATH_HOST}:${APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER}${APP_CODE_CONTAINER_FLAG}
       extra_hosts:
         - "dockerhost:${DOCKER_HOST_IP}"
       ports:
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ services:
           - INSTALL_YAML=${PHP_FPM_INSTALL_YAML}
       volumes:
         - ./php-fpm/php${PHP_VERSION}.ini:/usr/local/etc/php/php.ini
-        - ${APP_CODE_PATH_HOST}:${APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER}
+        - ${APP_CODE_PATH_HOST}:${APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER}${APP_CODE_CONTAINER_FLAG}
       expose:
         - "9000"
       extra_hosts:
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ services:
           - PUID=${PHP_WORKER_PUID}
           - PGID=${PHP_WORKER_PGID}
       volumes:
-        - ${APP_CODE_PATH_HOST}:${APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER}
+        - ${APP_CODE_PATH_HOST}:${APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER}${APP_CODE_CONTAINER_FLAG}
         - ./php-worker/supervisord.d:/etc/supervisord.d
       depends_on:
         - workspace
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ services:
           - PHP_UPSTREAM_PORT=${NGINX_PHP_UPSTREAM_PORT}
           - CHANGE_SOURCE=${CHANGE_SOURCE}
       volumes:
-        - ${APP_CODE_PATH_HOST}:${APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER}
+        - ${APP_CODE_PATH_HOST}:${APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER}${APP_CODE_CONTAINER_FLAG}
         - ${NGINX_HOST_LOG_PATH}:/var/log/nginx
         - ${NGINX_SITES_PATH}:/etc/nginx/sites-available
         - ${NGINX_SSL_PATH}:/etc/nginx/ssl
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ services:
           - PHP_UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT=${APACHE_PHP_UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT}
           - DOCUMENT_ROOT=${APACHE_DOCUMENT_ROOT}
       volumes:
-        - ${APP_CODE_PATH_HOST}:${APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER}
+        - ${APP_CODE_PATH_HOST}:${APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER}${APP_CODE_CONTAINER_FLAG}
         - ${APACHE_HOST_LOG_PATH}:/var/log/apache2
         - ${APACHE_SITES_PATH}:/etc/apache2/sites-available
       ports:
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ services:
     hhvm:
       build: ./hhvm
       volumes:
-        - ${APP_CODE_PATH_HOST}:${APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER}
+        - ${APP_CODE_PATH_HOST}:${APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER}${APP_CODE_CONTAINER_FLAG}
       expose:
         - "9000"
       depends_on:
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ services:
     caddy:
       build: ./caddy
       volumes:
-        - ${APP_CODE_PATH_HOST}:${APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER}
+        - ${APP_CODE_PATH_HOST}:${APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER}${APP_CODE_CONTAINER_FLAG}
         - ${CADDY_CONFIG_PATH}:/etc/caddy
         - ${CADDY_HOST_LOG_PATH}:/var/log/caddy
         - ${DATA_PATH_HOST}:/root/.caddy
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ services:
       build:
         context: ./aws
       volumes:
-        - ${APP_CODE_PATH_HOST}:${APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER}
+        - ${APP_CODE_PATH_HOST}:${APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER}${APP_CODE_CONTAINER_FLAG}
       depends_on:
         - workspace
       tty: true
diff --git a/env-example b/env-example
index d9a92169..e3cdca0d 100644
--- a/env-example
+++ b/env-example
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
 # Point to the path of your applications code on your host
 APP_CODE_PATH_HOST=../
 
-# Point to where the `APP_CODE_PATH_HOST` should be in the container. You may add flags to the path `:cached`, `:delegated`. When using Docker Sync add `:nocopy`
-APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER=/var/www:cached
+# Point to where the `APP_CODE_PATH_HOST` should be in the container
+APP_CODE_PATH_CONTAINER=/var/www
+
+# You may add flags to the path `:cached`, `:delegated`. When using Docker Sync add `:nocopy`
+APP_CODE_CONTAINER_FLAG=:cached
 
 # Choose storage path on your machine. For all storage systems
 DATA_PATH_HOST=~/.laradock/data