diff --git a/docker/images.petals-ai.dockerfile b/docker/images.petals-ai.dockerfile
index 48d4aa0..dddfc9c 100644
--- a/docker/images.petals-ai.dockerfile
+++ b/docker/images.petals-ai.dockerfile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ echo "Script is starting..."\n\
 echo "MODE is set to: $MODE"\n\
 if [ "$MODE" = "monitor" ] && [ -n "$DHT_PEERS" ]; then\n\
     echo "DHT_PEERS is set to: $DHT_PEERS"\n\
-    FORMATTED_PEERS=$DHT_PEERS\n\
+    FORMATTED_PEERS=[$DHT_PEERS]\n\
     echo "Debug FORMATTED_PEERS: $FORMATTED_PEERS"\n\
 ##
 #   # Convert space-separated string to comma-separated string\n\
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ if [ "$MODE" = "monitor" ] && [ -n "$DHT_PEERS" ]; then\n\
 ##
     echo "monitoring PRIVATE swarm. Initial F peers set to $FORMATTED_PEERS"\n\
     echo "monitoring PRIVATE swarm. Initial peers set to $DHT_PEERS"\n\
-    echo "monitoring PRIVATE swarm. Initial peers set to ['"$DHT_PEERS"']"\n\
+    echo "monitoring PRIVATE swarm. Initial peers array set to [$DHT_PEERS]"\n\
     
-    echo "INITIAL_PEERS = ['$DHT_PEERS']" >> /health.petals.dev/config.py\n\
+    echo "INITIAL_PEERS = [$DHT_PEERS]" >> /health.petals.dev/config.py\n\
     echo "FORMATTED_PEERS = $FORMATTED_PEERS" >> /health.petals.dev/config.py\n\
 else \n\
     echo "monitor has no DHT peers. Monitoring public swarm."\n\