diff --git a/docker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/entrypoint.sh
index 7770ab8d0..60030dbe2 100755
--- a/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -156,8 +156,20 @@ TEMPLATE_FILE="${CONF_DIR}/service_conf.yaml.template"
 CONF_FILE="${CONF_DIR}/service_conf.yaml"
 
 rm -f "${CONF_FILE}"
+DEF_ENV_VALUE_PATTERN="\$\{([^:]+):-([^}]+)\}"
 while IFS= read -r line || [[ -n "$line" ]]; do
-    eval "echo \"$line\"" >> "${CONF_FILE}"
+    if [[ "$line" =~ DEF_ENV_VALUE_PATTERN ]]; then
+        varname="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+        default="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
+
+        if [ -n "${!varname}" ]; then
+            eval "echo \"$line"\" >> "${CONF_FILE}"
+        else
+            echo "$line" | sed -E "s/\\\$\{[^:]+:-([^}]+)\}/\1/g" >> "${CONF_FILE}"
+        fi
+    else
+        eval "echo \"$line\"" >> "${CONF_FILE}"
+    fi
 done < "${TEMPLATE_FILE}"
 
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/"