diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..832489424d3bdf0d30b2760b8f31f606120622d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.*
+host-files/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b3cde8f03100bb62b978dae46df67d57f036650..3e3dee496b31aa6be0f893f819e23b119452490f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@ ESAP-DB is an ESAP component providing managed database services.
 
 ## Installation
 
-This project should be cloned in the directory containing the repositories https://git.astron.nl/astron-sdc/esap-api-gateway and https://git.astron.nl/astron-sdc/esap-gui. Once it is done, add this .env file in the esap-db/host-files directory:
+After cloning the ESAP-DB repository:
+
+```bash
+git clone git@git.astron.nl:astron-sdc/esap-db.git
+cd esap-db
+```
+
+add this .env file in the host-files directory:
 
 ```
 DOMAIN=localhost
@@ -19,9 +26,9 @@ DBPROJECT_PASSWORD=postgres
 To check that ESAP-DB is working locally:
 
 ```bash
-$ esap-db/host-files/run-tests.sh
+host-files/run-tests.sh
 ```
-Upon success, the tests should pass.
+Installation is successful if the tests pass.
 
 
 ## Using ESAP-DB
@@ -29,7 +36,7 @@ Upon success, the tests should pass.
 In order to use ESAP-DB locally, you can launch the required services in a ternminal:
 
 ```bash
-$ esap-db/host-files/run.sh
+host-files/run.sh
 ```
 
 In a browser, the ESAP-DB apis can be tested at the url `http://localhost:8001/docs` or `http://localhost:8001/redoc`.
diff --git a/app/apis/v0/tables.py b/app/apis/v0/tables.py
index 52262b2b7658e3983c2fa8c88234507c3ab86284..ff43d890f1523c559f7f09d4039cff46a6983190 100644
--- a/app/apis/v0/tables.py
+++ b/app/apis/v0/tables.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Definitions of the endpoints related the tables."""
 import logging
+import os
 
 import requests
 from fastapi import APIRouter
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ def _post_esap_gateway_operation_paginated(
     if query['archive_uri'] == 'apertif':
         query['page'] = page
         query['page_size'] = 500
-    data = session.get('http://esap-api:8000/esap-api/query/query', params=query)
+    data = session.get(f'{os.environ["ESAP_HOST"]}/esap-api/query/query', params=query)
     results = data.json()
     if query['archive_uri'] == 'apertif':
         data = results.pop('results')
diff --git a/host-files/docker-compose.yml b/host-files/docker-compose.yml
index 915af9b344877d1a0c052d9fa68110049527b467..d284d895fdb8129f0f0d5c2213fdc146ee331f19 100644
--- a/host-files/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/host-files/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,32 +22,13 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_USER=${DBPROJECT_USER}
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DBPROJECT_PASSWORD}
 
-  esap_api:
-    image: esap_api:latest
-    container_name: esap-api
-    environment:
-      - OIDC_RP_CLIENT_ID=669d7bef-32c0-4980-ae35-d8ede56bd5ef
-      - OIDC_RP_CLIENT_SECRET
-      - OIDC_OP_JWKS_ENDPOINT=https://iam-escape.cloud.cnaf.infn.it/jwk
-      - OIDC_OP_AUTHORIZATION_ENDPOINT=https://iam-escape.cloud.cnaf.infn.it/authorize
-      - OIDC_OP_TOKEN_ENDPOINT=https://iam-escape.cloud.cnaf.infn.it/token
-      - OIDC_OP_USER_ENDPOINT=https://iam-escape.cloud.cnaf.infn.it/userinfo
-      - LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL=http://localhost:3000/esap-gui/login
-      - LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL=http://localhost:3000/esap-gui/logout
-      - LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL_FAILURE=http://localhost:3000/esap-gui/error
-    build:
-      context: ${ESAP_ROOT}/esap-api-gateway/esap
-    ports:
-      - 8000:8000
-    restart: always
-    command: "python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 --settings=esap.settings.dev"
-
   esap_db:
     image: esap_db:latest
     container_name: esap-db
     stdin_open: true  # docker run -i
     tty: true         # docker run -t
     environment:
+      - ESAP_HOST=https://sdc-dev.astron.nl
       - SERVER_NAME=${DOMAIN?Variable not set}
       - SERVER_HOST=https://${DOMAIN?Variable not set}
       - SENTRY_DSN=https://nowhere.com
@@ -62,12 +43,12 @@ services:
       - FIRST_SUPERUSER=esapadmin@nowhere.com
       - FIRST_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD=esapadmin
     build:
-      context: ${ESAP_ROOT}/esap-db
+      context: ..
       args:
         INSTALL_DEV: ${INSTALL_DEV-false}
     command: bash -c "scripts/prepare-app.sh && uvicorn app.main:app --port 8001 --host 0.0.0.0 --reload"
     volumes:
-      - ${ESAP_ROOT}/esap-db:/code
+      - ..:/code
     ports:
       - "8001:8001"
     depends_on:
diff --git a/host-files/run-tests.sh b/host-files/run-tests.sh
index c8b96ddd638278f612cb079cb098d880c074a2e7..cce4772bda6311f608c683d0616d94e41b228e78 100755
--- a/host-files/run-tests.sh
+++ b/host-files/run-tests.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 # Exit in case of error
 set -e
 
-export ESAP_ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"/../.. &> /dev/null && pwd )"
-export ESAP_DB_PATH=${ESAP_ROOT}/esap-db/host-files
+export ESAP_DB_PATH="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
 
 ESAP_RUN_OPTIONS="-d" ${ESAP_DB_PATH}/run.sh
-docker-compose -f docker-stack.yml exec -T esap_db bash /code/scripts/run-tests.sh "$@"
-docker-compose -f docker-stack.yml down -v --remove-orphans
+docker-compose -f ${ESAP_DB_PATH}/docker-stack.yml exec -T esap_db bash /code/scripts/run-tests.sh "$@"
+docker-compose -f ${ESAP_DB_PATH}/docker-stack.yml down -v --remove-orphans
diff --git a/host-files/run.sh b/host-files/run.sh
index bab1994839dceb7bf74e6aaf98b226f9f8ed6f71..d1e8cd4744b463605d3883947b201c7398489ef5 100755
--- a/host-files/run.sh
+++ b/host-files/run.sh
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@
 # Exit in case of error
 set -e
 
-export ESAP_ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"/../.. &> /dev/null && pwd )"
-export ESAP_DB_PATH=${ESAP_ROOT}/esap-db/host-files
+export ESAP_DB_PATH="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
 
 DOMAIN=backend \
 SMTP_HOST="" \
 TRAEFIK_PUBLIC_NETWORK_IS_EXTERNAL=false \
 INSTALL_DEV=true \
-docker-compose -f ${ESAP_DB_PATH}/docker-compose.yml --env-file ${ESAP_DB_PATH}/.env config > docker-stack.yml
+docker-compose -f ${ESAP_DB_PATH}/docker-compose.yml --env-file ${ESAP_DB_PATH}/.env config > ${ESAP_DB_PATH}/docker-stack.yml
 
-docker-compose -f docker-stack.yml build
-docker-compose -f docker-stack.yml down -v --remove-orphans # Remove possibly previous broken stacks left hanging after an error
-docker-compose -f docker-stack.yml up ${ESAP_RUN_OPTIONS}
+docker-compose -f ${ESAP_DB_PATH}/docker-stack.yml build
+docker-compose -f ${ESAP_DB_PATH}/docker-stack.yml down -v --remove-orphans # Remove possibly previous broken stacks left hanging after an error
+docker-compose -f ${ESAP_DB_PATH}/docker-stack.yml up ${ESAP_RUN_OPTIONS}