diff --git a/docker/swarm/stacks/api/.env.sample b/docker/swarm/stacks/api/.env.sample
index 56fd28374..5cf7b53cc 100644
--- a/docker/swarm/stacks/api/.env.sample
+++ b/docker/swarm/stacks/api/.env.sample
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ EMAIL_PROVIDER=ses
 SES_REGION=us-east-1
 SES_ID=
 SES_SECRET=
+SES_SMTP_HOST=email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
+SES_SMTP_USERNAME=
+SES_SMTP_PASSWORD=
 
 # -- Feature Flags
 # FCC_ENABLE_SHADOW_CAPTURE=false
@@ -54,5 +57,9 @@ GROWTHBOOK_FASTIFY_CLIENT_KEY=
 # CPU_LIMIT=1
 # MEMORY_LIMIT=1G
 
+# -- Socrates
+SOCRATES_API_KEY=
+SOCRATES_ENDPOINT=
+
 # -- Donations
 STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=
diff --git a/docker/swarm/stacks/api/stack-api.yml b/docker/swarm/stacks/api/stack-api.yml
index aae24c177..4858f7829 100644
--- a/docker/swarm/stacks/api/stack-api.yml
+++ b/docker/swarm/stacks/api/stack-api.yml
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ x-deploy-config: &deploy-config
     - SES_REGION=${SES_REGION:-us-east-1}
     - SES_ID=${SES_ID}
     - SES_SECRET=${SES_SECRET}
+    - SES_SMTP_HOST=${SES_SMTP_HOST:-email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com}
+    - SES_SMTP_USERNAME=${SES_SMTP_USERNAME}
+    - SES_SMTP_PASSWORD=${SES_SMTP_PASSWORD}
     # -- Feature Flags
     # - FCC_ENABLE_SHADOW_CAPTURE=${FCC_ENABLE_SHADOW_CAPTURE:-false}
     # -- Analytics
@@ -114,6 +117,9 @@ x-deploy-config: &deploy-config
     # -- Application Paths
     - HOME_LOCATION=${HOME_LOCATION:-'https://www.freecodecamp.org'}
     - API_LOCATION=${API_LOCATION:-'https://api.freecodecamp.org'}
+    # -- Socrates
+    - SOCRATES_API_KEY=${SOCRATES_API_KEY}
+    - SOCRATES_ENDPOINT=${SOCRATES_ENDPOINT}
     # -- Donations
     - STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=${STRIPE_SECRET_KEY}