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 If you would like to do a test run of the system, start the docker containers
 ```bash
 $ cd rdms
-$ docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.development.override.yml up -d
+$ docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d
 ```
 You should see the containers being built and the services start.
 
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 There are 2 `docker-compose` files provided in the repository, which build the containers running the services as shown above
 * [docker-compose.yml](https://gitlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/researchdata/rdms/-/blob/master/docker-compose.yml) is the main docker-compose file. It builds all the core servcies required to run the application
 
-* [docker-compose.development.override.yml](https://gitlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/researchdata/rdms/-/blob/5911149d9efa48ddbb19b82294dcbc74bcf1fb2b/docker-compose.development.override.yml) is used along with the main [docker-compose.yml](https://gitlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/researchdata/rdms/-/blob/master/docker-compose.yml) file in development, mainly to expose ports for the various services and mount the local development environment for rdms.
+* [docker-compose.development.yml](https://gitlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/researchdata/rdms/-/blob/develop/docker-compose.development.yml?ref_type=heads) is used for development. It differs from docker-compose in mainly to ease development with docker. The local code directory is mounted to ease development and has ports exposed for the various services.
 
 ### Containers running in docker