diff --git a/containers/docker-compose-production.yml b/containers/docker-compose-production.yml
index f971cc2e33..efc92402fb 100644
--- a/containers/docker-compose-production.yml
+++ b/containers/docker-compose-production.yml
@@ -1,32 +1,13 @@
 version: "2"
 services:
-  db:
-    ports:
-      - "127.0.0.1:3307:3306"
-    image: mariadb:10.2
-    restart: unless-stopped
+  web:
+    build: .
+    network_mode: "host"
+    command: /bin/bash -c "sleep 5 && passenger start --max-pool-size 9 --min-instances 9 -p 4001 -a 127.0.0.1"
     environment:
-      - MYSQL_DATABASE=plots_$RAILS_ENV
-      - MYSQL_USER=plots
-      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=plots
-      - MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD=true
+      - RAILS_ENV=${RAILS_ENV}
+      - SECRET_KEY_BASE=${SECRET_KEY_BASE}
     volumes:
-      - ./config/my.cnf:/etc/mysql/my.cnf
-      # for configuration 
-      - ../mysql:/var/lib/mysql
-      # for persistence
-      - ../dump:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
-      # for importing a dump
-      # if you want to re-import simply put away ../mysql/*
-#  web:
-#    build: .
-#    command: /bin/bash -c "sleep 5 && bundle exec rails s -p 4000 -b '0.0.0.0'"
-#    environment:
-#      - RAILS_ENV=${RAILS_ENV}
-#    volumes:
-#      - .:/app
-#    ports:
-#      - "127.0.0.1:4001:4000"
-#    links:
-#      - db
-#    restart: unless-stopped
+      - .:/app
+      - /etc/passwd:/etc/passwd:ro
+      - /etc/group:/etc/group:ro
diff --git a/containers/docker-compose-stable.yml b/containers/docker-compose-stable.yml
index 4e5f478ffd..f089201bec 100644
--- a/containers/docker-compose-stable.yml
+++ b/containers/docker-compose-stable.yml
@@ -8,23 +8,23 @@ services:
       - MYSQL_PASSWORD=plots
       - MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD=true
     volumes:
-      - ../mysql:/var/lib/mysql
+      - ../config/my.cnf:/etc/mysql/my.cnf
+      # for configuration 
+      - ../../mysql:/var/lib/mysql
       # for persistence
-      - ../dump:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
-      # for importing a dump
-      # if you want to re-import simply put away ../mysql/*
+      - ../../dump:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
+      # mporting a dump
+      # if you want to re-import simply put away ../../mysql/*
   web:
-    build: .
-    command: /bin/bash -c "sleep 5 && passenger start -p 4000"
+    build: ..
+    command: /bin/bash -c "sleep 5 && /usr/local/bundle/bin/passenger start -p 4000"
     environment:
       - RAILS_ENV=${RAILS_ENV}
-      - SOLR_URL=${SOLR_URL}
       - SECRET_KEY_BASE=${SECRET_KEY_BASE}
-      - DISABLE_SOLR_CHECK=1
     volumes:
-      - .:/app
+      - ..:/app
     ports:
       - "127.0.0.1:4000:4000"
     links:
       - db
-#    restart: unless-stopped
+    restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/containers/docker-compose-unstable.yml b/containers/docker-compose-unstable.yml
index d0844736bc..bb857ca7b6 100644
--- a/containers/docker-compose-unstable.yml
+++ b/containers/docker-compose-unstable.yml
@@ -8,23 +8,23 @@ services:
       - MYSQL_PASSWORD=plots
       - MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD=true
     volumes:
-      - ./config/my.cnf:/etc/mysql/my.cnf
+      - ../config/my.cnf:/etc/mysql/my.cnf
       # for configuration 
-      - ../mysql:/var/lib/mysql
+      - ../../mysql:/var/lib/mysql
       # for persistence
-      - ../dump:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
+      - ../../dump:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
       # for importing a dump
-      # if you want to re-import simply put away ../mysql/*
+      # if you want to re-import simply put away ../../mysql/*
   web:
-    build: .
-    command: /bin/bash -c "sleep 5 && passenger start -p 5001"
+    build: ..
+    command: /bin/bash -c "sleep 5 && bundle exec rails s -p 5001 -b '0.0.0.0'"
     environment:
       - RAILS_ENV=${RAILS_ENV}
       - SECRET_KEY_BASE=${SECRET_KEY_BASE}
     volumes:
-      - .:/app
+      - ..:/app
     ports: 
       - "127.0.0.1:5001:5001"
     links:
       - db
-#    restart: unless-stopped
+    restart: unless-stopped