diff --git a/apps/api/package.json b/apps/api/package.json
index 155b859..60fd85a 100644
--- a/apps/api/package.json
+++ b/apps/api/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "tsx watch src/server.ts",
+    "dev": "pnpm --filter shared build && pnpm --filter db build && tsx watch src/server.ts",
     "build": "tsc",
     "start": "node dist/src/server.js",
     "test": "vitest"
diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 92135eb..0000000
--- a/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-services:
-  caddy:
-    container_name: lila-caddy
-    image: caddy:2-alpine
-    ports:
-      - "80:80"
-      - "443:443"
-    volumes:
-      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile
-      - caddy_data:/data
-      - caddy_config:/config
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    depends_on:
-      api:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    networks:
-      - lila-network
-
-  api:
-    container_name: lila-api
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: ./apps/api/Dockerfile
-      target: runner
-    env_file:
-      - .env
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    healthcheck:
-      test:
-        ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -qO- http://localhost:3000/api/health || exit 1"]
-      interval: 5s
-      timeout: 3s
-      retries: 5
-    depends_on:
-      database:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    networks:
-      - lila-network
-
-  web:
-    container_name: lila-web
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: ./apps/web/Dockerfile
-      target: production
-      args:
-        VITE_API_URL: https://api.lilastudy.com
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    networks:
-      - lila-network
-
-  database:
-    container_name: lila-database
-    image: postgres:18.3-alpine3.23
-    env_file:
-      - .env
-    environment:
-      - PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data
-    volumes:
-      - lila-db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U ${POSTGRES_USER} -d ${POSTGRES_DB}"]
-      interval: 5s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 5
-    networks:
-      - lila-network
-
-  forgejo:
-    container_name: lila-forgejo
-    image: codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:11
-    volumes:
-      - forgejo-data:/data
-    environment:
-      - USER_UID=1000
-      - USER_GID=1000
-    ports:
-      - "2222:22"
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    networks:
-      - lila-network
-
-networks:
-  lila-network:
-
-volumes:
-  lila-db:
-  caddy_data:
-  caddy_config:
-  forgejo-data:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 5903fa6..e5deed4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./apps/api:/app/apps/api # Hot reload API code
       - ./packages/shared:/app/packages/shared # Hot reload shared
+      - ./packages/db:/app/packages/db
       - /app/node_modules
     restart: unless-stopped
     healthcheck:
diff --git a/documentation/notes.md b/documentation/notes.md
index 7d1b801..48673c8 100644
--- a/documentation/notes.md
+++ b/documentation/notes.md
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ WARNING! Your credentials are stored unencrypted in '/home/languagedev/.docker/c
 Configure a credential helper to remove this warning. See
 https://docs.docker.com/go/credential-store/
 
+### docker containers on startup?
+
+laptop: verify if docker containers run on startup (they shouldnt)
+
 ### vps setup
 
 - monitoring and logging (eg via chrootkit or rkhunter, logwatch/monit => mails daily with summary)