diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 662c3e1..d0158b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 node_modules
-App.css
 start_in_tmux.sh
 default.json
 production.json
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2d380a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Dev connector
+---
+> Web app created with React, Redux, MUI in the front end. Express and mongoose
+> on the back end. It also has docker images.
+
+## Docker Usage:
+`docker compose -f docker-compose.yml up` 
+> The app is available at http://localhost:8080
+
+## Run the app locally
+Requires running mongodb service.
+
+In the client directory:
+`npm run dev`
+In the server directory:
+```MONGO_URL=mongodb://the_username:the_password@localhost:3456/the_database JWT_SECRET=mysecrettoken npm run server```
+The app will be available at http://localhost:5173
+
diff --git a/client/Dockerfile b/client/Dockerfile
index 241b8ef..0f63ab6 100644
--- a/client/Dockerfile
+++ b/client/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# The first FROM is now a stage called build-stage
-
 FROM node:20 AS build-stage 
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
diff --git a/client/docker-compose.dev.yml b/client/docker-compose.dev.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fd99df5..0000000
--- a/client/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-services:
-  app:
-    image: devcon-frontend-dev
-    build:
-      context: . # The context will pick this directory as the "build context"
-      dockerfile: dev.Dockerfile # This will simply tell which dockerfile to read
-    volumes:
-      - ./:/usr/src/app # The path can be relative, so ./ is enough to say "the same location as the docker-compose.yml"
-    ports:
-      - 5173:3000
-    container_name: devcon-front-dev
diff --git a/client/docker-compose.yml b/client/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ec6812..0000000
--- a/client/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-services:
-  app:
-    image: todo-front-dev
-    build:
-      context: . # The context will pick this directory as the "build context"
-      dockerfile: dev.Dockerfile # This will simply tell which dockerfile to read
-    volumes:
-      - ./:/usr/src/app # The path can be relative, so ./ is enough to say "the same location as the docker-compose.yml"
-    ports:
-      - 5173:5173
-    container_name: todo-front
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/dev.docker-compose.yml
similarity index 85%
rename from docker-compose.dev.yml
rename to dev.docker-compose.yml
index 5777984..10c5627 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/dev.docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 services:
   app:
-    image: devcon-frontend-dev
+    image: devcon-frontend
     build:
       context: ./client
-      dockerfile: ./dev.Dockerfile 
+      dockerfile: ./Dockerfile 
     ports:
       - 5173:5173
     environment:
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ services:
       - ./client:/usr/src/app 
 
   server:
-    image: devcon-backend-dev
+    image: devcon-backend
     build:
       context: ./server
-      dockerfile: ./dev.Dockerfile
+      dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
     ports:                
       - 5000:5000
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 713a49e..1ecb5d1 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 services:
   app:
-    image: devcon-frontend-dev
+    image: devcon-frontend
     build:
       context: ./client
-      dockerfile: ./dev.Dockerfile 
+      dockerfile: ./Dockerfile 
     ports:
-      - 3000:3000
+      - 8080:80
+    environment:
+      VITE_BACKEND_URL: http://server:5000 
     volumes:
       - ./client:/usr/src/app 
 
   server:
-    image: devcon-backend-dev
+    image: devcon-backend
     build:
       context: ./server
-      dockerfile: ./dev.Dockerfile
+      dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
     ports:                
       - 5000:5000
     volumes:
diff --git a/server/Dockerfile b/server/Dockerfile
index 4fd30f6..49d27c2 100644
--- a/server/Dockerfile
+++ b/server/Dockerfile
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 FROM node:20
-  
-WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
 COPY --chown=node:node . .
 
 RUN npm ci 
 
 ENV DEBUG=express:*
-  
 
 USER node
 
-CMD npm start
+CMD npm start 
diff --git a/server/dev.Dockerfile b/server/dev.Dockerfile
index 3cae3db..6e10c7f 100644
--- a/server/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/server/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM node:20
-  
+
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
 COPY --chown=node:node . .
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ ENV DEBUG=express:*
 
 USER node
 
-CMD npm start server
+CMD npm run server
diff --git a/server/docker-compose.dev.yml b/server/docker-compose.dev.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b9065a..0000000
--- a/server/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-services:
-  mongo:
-    image: mongo
-    ports:
-     - 3456:27017
-    environment:
-      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME: root
-      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD: example
-      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: the_database
-    volumes:
-      - ../mongo/mongo-init.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init.js
-      - mongo_data:/data/db
-  server:                    # The name of the service, can be anything
-    image: devcon-backend-dev # Declares which image to use
-    build: .              # Declares where to build if image is not found
-    ports:                # Declares the ports to publish
-      - 5000:5000
-    volumes:
-      - ./.:/usr/src/app
-    environment:
-      MONGO_URL: "mongodb://the_username:the_password@mongo:27017/the_database"
-
-
-volumes:  
-  mongo_data:
diff --git a/server/docker-compose.yml b/server/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 878b41a..0000000
--- a/server/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-services:
-  app:                    # The name of the service, can be anything
-    image: devcon-backend # Declares which image to use
-    build: .              # Declares where to build if image is not found
-    ports:                # Declares the ports to publish
-      - 3000:3000
-  mongo:
-    image: mongo
-    ports:
-     - 3456:27017
-    environment:
-      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME: root
-      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD: example
-      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: the_database
-    volumes:
-      - ./mongo/mongo-init.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init.js
-      - mongo_data:/data/db
-
-volumes:  
-  mongo_data:
diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
index 593135a..445bcc9 100644
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
   "main": "server.ts",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "ts-node server.ts",
-    "server": "ts-node-dev server.ts",
-    "client": "npm start --prefix client --trace-depracation",
-    "dev": "concurrently \"npm run server\" \"npm run client\""
+    "server": "ts-node-dev server.ts"
   },
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
diff --git a/server/routers/api/auth.ts b/server/routers/api/auth.ts
index dda785b..6afda3e 100755
--- a/server/routers/api/auth.ts
+++ b/server/routers/api/auth.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-import express from 'express'
-import bcrypt from 'bcryptjs'
-import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken';
+import express from "express";
+import bcrypt from "bcryptjs";
+import jwt from "jsonwebtoken";
 
-import auth from '../../middleware/auth'
-import config from 'config'
+import auth from "../../middleware/auth";
+import config from "config";
 import { check, validationResult } from "express-validator";
 
-import User from '../../models/User'
-import type { Request, Response } from 'express';
-import { isUserId } from '../../utils';
+import User from "../../models/User";
+import type { Request, Response } from "express";
+import { isUserId } from "../../utils";
 
 const router = express.Router();
 // @route    GET api/auth
@@ -16,19 +16,16 @@ const router = express.Router();
 // @access   Private
 router.get("/", auth, async (req: any, res) => {
   try {
-    let user: unknown = null
+    let user: unknown = null;
     if (isUserId(req)) {
       user = await User.findById(req.user.id).select("-password");
       res.json(user);
-    }
-    else {
-      throw new Error('missing id in request')
+    } else {
+      throw new Error("missing id in request");
     }
   } catch (err: unknown) {
-    if (typeof err === 'string')
-      console.error(err)
-    else if (err instanceof Error)
-      console.error(err.message);
+    if (typeof err === "string") console.error(err);
+    else if (err instanceof Error) console.error(err.message);
     res.status(500).send("Server Error");
   }
 });
@@ -72,25 +69,23 @@ router.post(
           id: user.id,
         },
       };
-      const jwtSecret = config.get('jwtSecret')
-      if (typeof jwtSecret === 'string') jwt.sign(
-        payload,
-        jwtSecret,
-        { expiresIn: 360000 },
-        (err, token) => {
+
+      const jwtSecret = process.env.JWT_SECRET
+        ? process.env.JWT_SECRET
+        : config.get("jwtSecret");
+
+      if (typeof jwtSecret === "string")
+        jwt.sign(payload, jwtSecret, { expiresIn: 360000 }, (err, token) => {
           if (err) throw err;
           res.json({ token });
-        }
-      );
-      else throw new Error('Error signing the jwt token')
+        });
+      else throw new Error("Error signing the jwt token");
     } catch (err: unknown) {
-      if (typeof err === 'string')
-        console.error(err)
-      else if (err instanceof Error)
-        console.error(err.message);
+      if (typeof err === "string") console.error(err);
+      else if (err instanceof Error) console.error(err.message);
       res.status(500).send("Server error");
     }
-  }
+  },
 );
 
-module.exports = router
+module.exports = router;
diff --git a/server/routers/api/users.ts b/server/routers/api/users.ts
index aec428d..5688cf2 100755
--- a/server/routers/api/users.ts
+++ b/server/routers/api/users.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import User from "../../models/User";
 
 import normalizeUrl from "normalize-url";
 
-
 const router = express.Router();
 
 // @route    POST api/users
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ router.post(
   check("email", "Please include a valid email").isEmail(),
   check(
     "password",
-    "Please enter a password with 6 or more characters"
+    "Please enter a password with 6 or more characters",
   ).isLength({ min: 6 }),
   async (req, res) => {
     const errors = validationResult(req);
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ router.post(
           r: "pg",
           d: "mm",
         }),
-        { forceHttps: true }
+        { forceHttps: true },
       );
 
       user = new User({
@@ -67,24 +66,21 @@ router.post(
         },
       };
 
-      const jwtSecret = config.get('jwtSecret')
-      if (typeof jwtSecret === 'string') jwt.sign(
-        payload,
-        jwtSecret,
-        { expiresIn: "5 days" },
-        (err, token) => {
+      const jwtSecret = process.env.JWT_SECRET
+        ? process.env.JWT_SECRET
+        : config.get("jwtSecret");
+
+      if (typeof jwtSecret === "string")
+        jwt.sign(payload, jwtSecret, { expiresIn: "5 days" }, (err, token) => {
           if (err) throw err;
           res.json({ token });
-        }
-      );
+        });
     } catch (err: unknown) {
-      if (typeof err === 'string')
-        console.error(err)
-      else if (err instanceof Error)
-        console.error(err.message);
+      if (typeof err === "string") console.error(err);
+      else if (err instanceof Error) console.error(err.message);
       res.status(500).send("Server error");
     }
-  }
+  },
 );
 
-module.exports = router
+module.exports = router;
diff --git a/start_in_tmux.sh b/start_in_tmux.sh
index f35a9a0..b9844de 100644
--- a/start_in_tmux.sh
+++ b/start_in_tmux.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # systemctl start mongodb.service
 
 sn=devCon
-cd ~/devConnectTS/
+cd ~/dev-connect/
 tmux new-session -s "$sn" -n etc -d "nvim .; exec zsh"
-cd ~/devConnectTS/client
+cd ~/dev-connect/client
 tmux new-window -t "$sn:2" -n "client" "npm run dev"
-cd ~/devConnectTS/server
+cd ~/dev-connect/server
 tmux new-window -t "$sn:3" -n "server"  "npm run server"
 
 tmux select-window -t "$sn:1"