diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 77e36af..cc93e36 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 APP_PORT=8000
 APP_HOST=0.0.0.0
 # Database
-POSTGRES_HOST=postgres
+POSTGRES_HOST=0.0.0.0
+
 POSTGRES_PORT=5432
 POSTGRES_USER=postgres
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
 POSTGRES_DB=database
+
 # Filestorage
-S3_HOST=s3
+S3_HOST=0.0.0.0
 S3_BUCKETS=bucket
 GATEWAY_LISTEN=4566
 SERVICES=s3
 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=ACCESS
 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=SECRET
+
 # Cache
-REDIS_HOST=redis
+REDIS_HOST=0.0.0.0
 REDIS_PORT=6379
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
deleted file mode 100644
index 88fac8a..0000000
--- a/.env.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-APP_PORT=8000
-APP_HOST=0.0.0.0
-
-# Database
-POSTGRES_HOST=postgres
-POSTGRES_PORT=5432
-POSTGRES_USER=postgres
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
-POSTGRES_DB=database
-
-# Filestorage
-S3_HOST=s3
-S3_BUCKETS=bucket
-GATEWAY_LISTEN=4566
-SERVICES=s3
-AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=ACCESS
-AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=SECRET
-
-# Cache
-REDIS_HOST=redis
-REDIS_PORT=6379
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ac8945..2df6db0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ app = FastAPI(lifespan=lifespan)
 async def index():
     return dict(hello="world")
 ```
-5. Start up application:
+5. Local dev start up:
 ```bash
 docker compose up
+alembic upgrade head; uvicorn src.main:app --reload --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
 ```
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 3662bdf..36e1394 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -39,24 +39,21 @@ services:
       - localstack-data:/var/lib/localstack
     env_file:
       - .env
+
+#  backend:
+#    container_name: backend
+#    env_file:
+#      - .env
+#    ports:
+#      - ${APP_PORT}:${APP_PORT}
+#    command: bash -c "alembic upgrade head && uvicorn src.main:app --host ${APP_HOST} --port ${APP_PORT}"
+#    build:
+#      context: .
+#      dockerfile: Dockerfile
 #    depends_on:
 #      postgres:
 #        condition: service_healthy
 
-  backend:
-    container_name: backend
-    env_file:
-      - .env
-    ports:
-      - ${APP_PORT}:${APP_PORT}
-    command: bash -c "alembic upgrade head && uvicorn src.main:app --host ${APP_HOST} --port ${APP_PORT}"
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-    depends_on:
-      postgres:
-        condition: service_healthy
-
 volumes:
   localstack-data:
 
diff --git a/src/settings.py b/src/settings.py
index da7fb20..2bb5c6c 100644
--- a/src/settings.py
+++ b/src/settings.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def s3_endpoint_url(self) -> str:
     def redis_url(self) -> str:
         return f"redis://{self.REDIS_HOST}:{self.REDIS_PORT}"
 
-    model_config = SettingsConfigDict(env_file=".env.example")
+    model_config = SettingsConfigDict(env_file=".env")
 
 
 settings = Settings() # noqa