diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 923b8764c6..bb50fc7616 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ For IBF-dashboard
 
 Suggestion: load everything through Docker, except IBF-dashboard. This has the benefit that changes in front-end code are immediately reflected, instead of having to rebuild.
 
-- `docker compose up -d`
+- `n`
 - `cd interfaces/IBF-dashboard`
 - `npm start`
 
@@ -113,16 +113,16 @@ are connected to a database-server). For setting up a fully working version of t
 3. Post 1st batch of dynamic data to database
 
 - by calling mock-endpoint
-  - see API documentation: http://localhost:3000/docs/#/scripts
-  - run for all countries and disaster-type at once: http://localhost:3000/docs/#/scripts/ScriptsController_mockAll
-  - or run for 1 country and 1 disaster-type: http://localhost:3000/docs/#/scripts/ScriptsController_mockDynamic
+  - see API documentation: http://localhost:4000/docs/#/scripts
+  - run for all countries and disaster-type at once: http://localhost:4000/docs/#/scripts/ScriptsController_mockAll
+  - or run for 1 country and 1 disaster-type: http://localhost:4000/docs/#/scripts/ScriptsController_mockDynamic
 - or by having external pipeline make a call to IBF-system
 
 ### Installation result
 
 These commands will install the IBF-system with listeners at,
 
-1. [localhost:3000/docs](http://localhost:3000/docs) for the API-service documentation
+1. [localhost:4000/docs](http://localhost:4000/docs) for the API-service documentation
 2. \*development only - [localhost:4200](http://localhost:4200) for the web
    interface
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Please read the troubleshoot guidlelines to support the insatllation of IBF in t
 
 ## Integration tests
 
-### Cypress
+### Cypress (THE USE OF CYPRESS IS DEPRECATED FOR IBF)
 
 We use Cypress for automated integration testing in this project.
 Installation:
diff --git a/docker-compose.override.yml b/docker-compose.override.yml
index 6592fc7111..6b01a8fbf9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.override.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ services:
     command: [ 'npm', 'run', 'start:dev' ]
     environment:
       - NODE_ENV=development
+      - LOCAL_PORT_IBF_SERVICE=${LOCAL_PORT_IBF_SERVICE}
     ports:
       - ${LOCAL_PORT_IBF_SERVICE}:3000
     depends_on:
diff --git a/services/API-service/src/config.ts b/services/API-service/src/config.ts
index f86ec39730..97f9e8d7bd 100644
--- a/services/API-service/src/config.ts
+++ b/services/API-service/src/config.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ export const API_PATHS = {
 const baseApiUrl = process.env.EXTERNAL_API_SERVICE_URL + 'api/';
 const rootUrl =
   process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
-    ? `http://localhost:${PORT}/`
+    ? `http://localhost:${process.env.LOCAL_PORT_IBF_SERVICE}/`
     : process.env.EXTERNAL_API_SERVICE_URL;
 export const EXTERNAL_API = {
   root: rootUrl,
-  rootApi: `${rootUrl}/api`,
   whatsAppStatus: baseApiUrl + API_PATHS.whatsAppStatus,
   whatsAppIncoming: baseApiUrl + API_PATHS.whatsAppIncoming,
   eventMapImage: baseApiUrl + API_PATHS.eventMapImage,