diff --git a/src/env.js b/src/env.js
index 8d208def5..1d3bd7bfd 100644
--- a/src/env.js
+++ b/src/env.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const env = createEnv({
     NEXT_PUBLIC_DEFAULT_COLOR_SCHEME: z.enum(['light', 'dark']).optional().default('light'),
     NEXT_PUBLIC_PORT: portSchema,
     NEXT_PUBLIC_NODE_ENV: envSchema,
+    NEXT_PUBLIC_DOCKER_ENABLED: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
   },
 
   /**
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ const env = createEnv({
     NEXT_PUBLIC_DEFAULT_COLOR_SCHEME: process.env.DEFAULT_COLOR_SCHEME,
     NEXT_PUBLIC_PORT: process.env.PORT,
     NEXT_PUBLIC_NODE_ENV: process.env.NODE_ENV,
+    NEXT_PUBLIC_DOCKER_ENABLED: !!process.env.DOCKER_HOST,
   },
 });
 
diff --git a/src/pages/board/index.tsx b/src/pages/board/index.tsx
index 680a2a606..c3f4ca312 100644
--- a/src/pages/board/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/board/index.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { MainLayout } from '~/components/layout/main';
 import { useCardStyles } from '~/components/layout/useCardStyles';
 import { useInitConfig } from '~/config/init';
 import { useConfigContext } from '~/config/provider';
+import { env } from '~/env';
 import { getServerAuthSession } from '~/server/auth';
 import { prisma } from '~/server/db';
 import { getFrontendConfig } from '~/tools/config/getFrontendConfig';
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ export const HeaderActions = () => {
 
   return (
     <>
-      <DockerButton />
+      {env.NEXT_PUBLIC_DOCKER_ENABLED && <DockerButton />}
       <ToggleEditModeButton />
       <CustomizeBoardButton />
     </>
diff --git a/src/pages/docker.tsx b/src/pages/docker.tsx
index b269e8c3a..840487c1e 100644
--- a/src/pages/docker.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/docker.tsx
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 import { Stack } from '@mantine/core';
-import { useDebouncedValue } from '@mantine/hooks';
 import { ContainerInfo } from 'dockerode';
 import { GetServerSideProps } from 'next';
-import { useTranslation } from 'next-i18next';
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import { MainLayout } from '~/components/layout/main';
+import { env } from '~/env';
 import ContainerActionBar from '~/modules/Docker/ContainerActionBar';
 import DockerTable from '~/modules/Docker/DockerTable';
+import { getServerAuthSession } from '~/server/auth';
 import { getServerSideTranslations } from '~/tools/server/getServerSideTranslations';
 import { dashboardNamespaces } from '~/tools/server/translation-namespaces';
 import { api } from '~/utils/api';
 
 export default function DockerPage() {
   const [selection, setSelection] = useState<ContainerInfo[]>([]);
-  // TODO: read that from somewhere else?
-  const dockerEnabled = true;
+  const dockerEnabled = env.NEXT_PUBLIC_DOCKER_ENABLED;
   const { data, refetch, isRefetching } = api.docker.containers.useQuery(undefined, {
     enabled: dockerEnabled,
   });
@@ -35,6 +34,14 @@ export default function DockerPage() {
 }
 
 export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps = async ({ locale, req, res }) => {
+  if (!env.NEXT_PUBLIC_DOCKER_ENABLED) return { notFound: true };
+  const session = await getServerAuthSession({ req, res });
+  if (!session?.user.isAdmin) {
+    return {
+      notFound: true,
+    };
+  }
+
   const translations = await getServerSideTranslations(dashboardNamespaces, locale, req, res);
   return {
     props: {