diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 411cbdf..8d6ad84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,5 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          git clone https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits-legend
-          cd lnbits-legend
-          docker build -t lnbits-legend .
-          cd ..
           chmod +x ./tests
           ./tests
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4dae852..2256095 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,39 +13,30 @@
   ./tests && echo "PASSED" || echo "FAILED" > /dev/null
 ```
 
-# development
-uncomment following line in docker-compose.yaml, if you wanna use the source code of you current
-lnbits-legend repo inside the docker
-```yaml
-4     volumes:
-5       #- ../lnbits:/app/lnbits
+# lnbits development
+add this ENV variables to your `.env` file
+```console
+DEBUG=true
+LNBITS_BACKEND_WALLET_CLASS="LndRestWallet"
+LND_REST_ENDPOINT="https://localhost:8081/"
+LND_REST_CERT="./docker/data/lnd-2/tls.cert"
+LND_REST_MACAROON="./docker/data/lnd-2/chain/bitcoin/regtest/admin.macaroon"
 ```
 
 # usage
-build the lnbits docker image
-```console
-git clone git@github.com:lnbits/lnbits-legend.git ~/repos/lnbits-legend
-cd ~/repos/lnbits-legend
-docker build -t lnbits-legend .
-```
-
 get the regtest enviroment ready
 ```console
-git clone git@github.com:lnbits/legend-regtest-enviroment.git ~/repos/lnbits-legend
 mkdir ~/repos/lnbits-legend/docker
+git clone git@github.com:lnbits/legend-regtest-enviroment.git ~/repos/lnbits-legend/docker
 cd ~/repos/lnbits-legend/docker
-source docker-scripts.sh
-```
-start the regtest
-```console
-# start docker-compose with logs
-lnbits-regtest-start-log
-# start docker-compose in background
-lnbits-regtest-start
+chmod +x ./tests
+./tests # start the regtest and also run tests
 ```
 
 usage of the `bitcoin-cli-sim`, `lightning-cli-sim` and `lncli-sim` aliases
 ```console
+cd ~/repos/lnbits-legend/docker
+source docker-scripts.sh
 # use bitcoin core, mine a block
 bitcoin-cli-sim -generate 1
 
@@ -59,11 +50,14 @@ lncli-sim 1 newaddr p2wsh
 lncli-sim 2 listpeers
 ```
 
-# urls for lnbits and mempool
-* lnbits: http://localhost:5000/
+# urls
 * mempool: http://localhost:8080/
+* boltz api: http://localhost:9001/
+* lnd-1 rest: http://localhost:8081/
 
-# lnbits debug log
+# debugging docker logs
 ```console
-docker logs lnbits-legend-lnbits-1 -f
+docker logs lnbits-legend-boltz-1 -f
+docker logs lnbits-legend-clightning-1-1 -f
+docker logs lnbits-legend-lnd-2-1 -f
 ```
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 88d0832..caaffe7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,30 +1,5 @@
 version: "3.7"
 services:
-  lnbits:
-    hostname: lnbits
-    depends_on:
-      - boltz
-      - mempool-api
-      - lnd-2
-    image: lnbits-legend
-    restart: on-failure
-    user: "0:0"
-    entrypoint: "sh -c 'sleep 30; uvicorn lnbits.__main__:app --port 5000 --host lnbits --reload'"
-    environment:
-      HOST: lnbits
-      DEBUG: true
-      LNBITS_BACKEND_WALLET_CLASS: "LndRestWallet"
-      LNBITS_DATA_FOLDER: "./data"
-      LND_REST_ENDPOINT: "https://lnd-2:8081/"
-      LND_REST_CERT: "./lnd/tls.cert"
-      LND_REST_MACAROON: "./lnd/data/chain/bitcoin/regtest/admin.macaroon"
-    ports:
-      - 5000:5000
-    volumes:
-      #- ../lnbits:/app/lnbits
-      - lnbits-data:/app/data
-      - ./data/lnd-2:/app/lnd:uid=1000,gid=1000
-
   boltz:
     hostname: boltz
     depends_on:
@@ -156,6 +131,3 @@ services:
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: "mempool"
       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "admin"
     image: mariadb:10.5.8
-
-volumes:
-  lnbits-data:
diff --git a/docker-scripts.sh b/docker-scripts.sh
index d72fd37..fe190a6 100644
--- a/docker-scripts.sh
+++ b/docker-scripts.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ lnbits-regtest-init(){
   lnbits-bitcoin-init
   lnbits-lightning-sync
   lnbits-lightning-init
-  wait-for-lnbits
 }
 
 lnbits-lightning-sync(){
@@ -143,18 +142,6 @@ lnbits-lightning-init(){
 
 }
 
-wait-for-lnbits(){
-  while true; do
-    statuscode=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "http://localhost:5000")
-    if [[ "$statuscode" == "200" ]]; then
-      break
-      echo "lnbits is online!"
-    fi
-    echo "waiting for lnbits to come online..."
-    sleep 1
-  done
-}
-
 wait-for-lnd-channel(){
   while true; do
     pending=$(lncli-sim $1 pendingchannels | jq -r '.pending_open_channels | length')
diff --git a/tests b/tests
index 38cb4af..3bb0e22 100755
--- a/tests
+++ b/tests
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ echo ""
 
 run "boltz service status" "200" $(curl -s -o /dev/null --head -w "%{http_code}" "http://localhost:9001/version")
 run "mempool service status" "200" $(curl -s -o /dev/null --head -w "%{http_code}" "http://localhost:8080/")
-run "lnbits service status" "200" $(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "http://localhost:5000")
 for i in 1 2; do
   run "lnd-$i .synced_to_chain" "true" $(lncli-sim $i getinfo | jq -r ".synced_to_chain")
   run "lnd-$i utxo count" $utxos $(lncli-sim $i listunspent | jq -r ".utxos | length")