diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 23c4535366e5740c9b8e50546a32b9f3d458e434..07de7ffe4060d5a49416ed3c42b44a8fed6962c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,11 +34,13 @@ git push -uf origin main
 
 
 ## Howto
-### migrate database
+### migrate database manually
+
+- exec into the container
 
 ```
 cd /src
-python manage.py migrate --settings=ldvspec.settings
+python manage.py migrate --settings=ldvspec.settings.docker_sdc
 
 ```
 ***
diff --git a/ldvspec/Dockerfile b/ldvspec/Dockerfile
index 42084e8d8c13d1ec76f8698c9e79f62b3ca9d893..9ff9050d4d22a4c2ed559b94e8059339ef81f757 100644
--- a/ldvspec/Dockerfile
+++ b/ldvspec/Dockerfile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ RUN \
 
 # collect the static files and make sure that the latest database migrations are done
 CMD \
+ cd /src && \
  python manage.py collectstatic --settings=ldvspec.settings.docker_sdc && \
  python manage.py migrate --settings=ldvspec.settings.docker_sdc
 
diff --git a/ldvspec/docker/docker-compose-dev-cd.yml b/ldvspec/docker/docker-compose-dev-cd.yml
index ab1560bafefb37c0a3f7e79f876ebb9848beb540..1c581c8cb528407f6dd211904684c0784143c8e9 100644
--- a/ldvspec/docker/docker-compose-dev-cd.yml
+++ b/ldvspec/docker/docker-compose-dev-cd.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ services:
     expose:
       - 5432
     ports:
+      # enables an external database connection to sdc-dev.astron.nl:12000
       - 12000:5432
     networks:
       - traefik_proxy
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ services:
     restart: always
 
   ldv-specification:
-    container_name: ldvspec
+    container_name: ldv-specification
     image: git.astron.nl:5000/astron-sdc/ldv-specification:latest
 
     expose:
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ services:
       - ldv_network
     labels:
       - "traefik.enable=true"
-      #- "traefik.http.routers.ldv-specification.entryPoints=ldvspec"
       - "traefik.http.routers.ldv-specification.entryPoints=websecure"
       - "traefik.http.routers.ldv-specification.service=ldv-specification"
       - "traefik.http.routers.ldv-specification.rule=Host(`sdc-dev.astron.nl`) && PathPrefix(`/ldvspec`)"