diff --git a/HACKING/README.md b/HACKING/README.md
index 48f77d1..48ea974 100644
--- a/HACKING/README.md
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@@ -20,25 +20,26 @@ source venv/bin/activate
 
 ### Podman Environment Instructions
 
-1.  Build your containers. The `proxstar` container serves as proxstar, rq, rq-scheduler, and VNC. The `proxstar-postgres` container sets up the database schema.
+1. Copy `.env.template` to `.env` and fill it out with the help of an RTP
 
-`mkdir HACKING/proxstar-postgres/volume`
-
-`podman build . --tag=proxstar`
+2. Create volume for postgres
 
-`podman build HACKING/proxstar-postgres --tag=proxstar-postgres`
+`mkdir HACKING/proxstar-postgres/volume`
 
-2. Configure your environment variables. I'd recommend setting up a .env file and passing that into your container. Check `.env.template` for more info.
+3.  Build the proxstar container and launch it on your system.
 
-3. Run it. This sets up redis, postgres, rq, and proxstar.
+`podman compose up -d`
 
-`./HACKING/launch_env.sh`
+To access the proxstar WebUI, go to https://localhost:8000
 
 4. To stop all containers, use the provided script
 
-`./HACKING/stop_env.sh`
+`podman compose down`
+
+## Setting up a full dev environment (Advanced)
 
-## Setting up a full dev environment
+> [!INFO]
+> This is not required for most contributors
 
 If you want to work on Proxstar using a 1:1 development setup, there are a couple things you're going to need
 
diff --git a/HACKING/launch_env.sh b/HACKING/launch_env.sh
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-podman run --rm -d --network=proxstar --name=proxstar-redis redis:alpine
-podman run --rm -d --network=proxstar --name=proxstar-postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=changeme -v ./HACKING/proxstar-postgres/volume:/var/lib/postgresql/data:Z proxstar-postgres
-podman run --rm -d --network=proxstar --name=proxstar-rq-scheduler  --env-file=HACKING/.env --entrypoint ./start_scheduler.sh proxstar
-podman run --rm -d --network=proxstar --name=proxstar-rq  --env-file=HACKING/.env --entrypoint ./start_worker.sh proxstar
-podman run --rm -it --network=proxstar --name=proxstar -p 8000:8000 -p 8001:8001 --env-file=HACKING/.env --entrypoint='["gunicorn", "proxstar:app", "--bind=0.0.0.0:8000"]' proxstar
diff --git a/HACKING/stop_env.sh b/HACKING/stop_env.sh
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-podman kill proxstar
-podman kill proxstar-rq
-podman kill proxstar-rq-scheduler
-podman stop proxstar-redis
-podman stop proxstar-postgres