diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da17f5b4decaab40efabcc65b6640fbc6f8bdbe0..e31431ab222ceed1e42fa2b7d6e1c77c6c7ff763 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,3 +5,8 @@ To setup the project, start `npm install`
 then run `npm run start:dev`
 
 open [Demo client](http://localhost:3000/client) and open devtools.
+
+You may need to copy the .env_schema to .env and edit the secrets for encryption.
+
+It also requires a running mongoose database. A docker-compose file is provided.
+`npm run db` starts the database
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 585b5485c3b7dedaa002d2cc493a19e200ef516d..3e91c6e4ac74269396834fc0d212fd0601dab3e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "build": "nest build",
     "format": "prettier --write \"src/**/*.ts\" \"test/**/*.ts\"",
     "start": "nest start",
+    "db": "docker-compose up -d",
     "start:dev": "nest start --watch",
     "start:debug": "nest start --debug --watch",
     "start:prod": "node dist/main",
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
deleted file mode 100644
index bbbb59293b90cb657488b0833dc51b329f7c0658..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// This is your Prisma schema file,
-// learn more about it in the docs: https://pris.ly/d/prisma-schema
-
-// note this is only required when using prisma, this project uses mongoose
-
-generator client {
-  provider = "prisma-client-js"
-}
-
-datasource db {
-  provider = "mongodb"
-  url      = env("DATABASE_URL")
-}
-
-model User {
-  id       String    @id @default(auto()) @map("_id") @db.ObjectId
-  name     String
-  username String
-  password String
-}
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