diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index e45acc8..2ac351d 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -1,77 +1,26 @@
 services:
-  database:
-    image: postgres:15-alpine
-    container_name: thoughts-db
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    environment:
-      POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
-      POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB}
-    volumes:
-      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-    ports:
-      - "5433:5432"
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U ${POSTGRES_USER} -d ${POSTGRES_DB}"]
-      interval: 10s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 5
-
-  backend:
-    container_name: thoughts-backend
-    build:
-      context: ./thoughts-backend
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    env_file:
-      - .env
-    environment:
-      - RUST_LOG=info
-      - RUST_BACKTRACE=1
-    depends_on:
-      database:
-        condition: service_healthy
-
-  frontend:
-    container_name: thoughts-frontend
-    build:
-      context: ./thoughts-frontend
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-      args:
-        NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL: http://localhost/api
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    depends_on:
-      - backend
-    environment:
-      - NEXT_PUBLIC_SERVER_SIDE_API_URL=http://proxy/api
-
-  proxy:
-    container_name: thoughts-proxy
-    image: nginx:stable-alpine
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    ports:
-      - "80:80"
-    volumes:
-      - ./nginx/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
-    depends_on:
-      - frontend
-      - backend
-
-  db_test:
-    image: postgres:15-alpine
-    container_name: thoughts-db-test
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:16-alpine
     environment:
       POSTGRES_USER: postgres
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
-      POSTGRES_DB: postgres
+      POSTGRES_DB: thoughts
     ports:
-      - "5434:5432"
+      - "5432:5432"
+    volumes:
+      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres -d postgres"]
-      interval: 10s
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres"]
+      interval: 5s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
 
+  nats:
+    image: nats:2-alpine
+    ports:
+      - "4222:4222"
+      - "8222:8222"   # monitoring endpoint
+    command: ["--http_port", "8222"]
+
 volumes:
   postgres_data:
-    driver: local