diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 5461efd..472f1ed 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -49,25 +49,28 @@ Links:
 ##### Bootstrap database
 
 ###### Docker compose
-- `docker compose up -d` should automatically create the database and run migration container
-- 
+- `docker compose up -d` will run a postgres container locally
+
 ###### Manual boostrap
-If you need to manually run migrations, you can do so by running the following commands:
-- `export DATABASE_URL="localhost"`
-- `export DATABASE_PORT="5433"`
-- Migration script to create initial schemas: `go run cmd/migrate`
 
+If you need to manually run migrations, you can do so by running:
 
-##### Starting teams API
-Running the teams api (TODO: update makefile)
+```bash
+make migrate
 ```
-go get ./...
-go run cmd/lab-api-teams/main.go
+
+##### Starting teams API
+Running the teams api
+```bash
+make run
 ```
 
+##### Testing by adding some records
+Try using the `.http` files in the `./test` folder to add some records to the database.
+
 ##### Linting
 To run fmt, lint, test in one command
-```
+```bash
 make static
 ```
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 46fa57b..900a9c1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ build:
 	chmod +x $(OUTPUT_DIR)/$(OUTPUT_BIN)
 	docker build -t docker.io/twdps/lab-api-teams:$(REVISION) .
 
+.PHONEY: run
+run:
+	go mod tidy
+	DATABASE_URL="localhost" DATABASE_PORT="5433" go run ./cmd/lab-api-teams
+
+.PHONY: migrate
+migrate:
+	DATABASE_URL="localhost" DATABASE_PORT="5433" go run ./cmd/migrate
+
 .PHONY: push
 push:
 	docker push docker.io/twdps/lab-api-teams:$(REVISION)
diff --git a/cmd/migrate/main.go b/cmd/migrate/main.go
index 05088c5..0d40e10 100644
--- a/cmd/migrate/main.go
+++ b/cmd/migrate/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/ThoughtWorks-DPS/lab-api-teams/pkg/datastore"
 	"github.com/ThoughtWorks-DPS/lab-api-teams/pkg/domain"
 )
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 // port-forward the yugabyte db
 // run this go program
 func main() {
+	fmt.Println("Running Migrations...")
 	ds_tm := datastore.NewGormDatastore("team")
 	ds_ns := datastore.NewGormDatastore("namespace")
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index f34b0c6..d8e5358 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -15,24 +15,5 @@ services:
       interval: 5s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
-    networks:
-      - teams-api-network
     ports:
       - 5433:5432
-
-  migrate:
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile.migrate
-    depends_on:
-      db:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    environment:
-      DATABASE_URL: db
-      DATABASE_PORT: 5432
-    networks:
-      - teams-api-network
-
-networks:
-  teams-api-network:
-    driver: bridge
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a70cde5..d1501b6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/imkira/go-interpol v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0d783ba..b778239 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6Kllzaw
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
 github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.48.0 h1:oJWvHb9BIZToTQS3MuQ2R3bJZiNSa2KiNdeI8A+79Tc=
 github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.48.0/go.mod h1:k2zXd82h/7UZc3VOdJ2WaUqt1uZ/XpXAfE9i+HBC3lA=
-github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0/go.mod h1:T0xQ8SeCZGxckz9qRXTfG43PvQ/mcWh7FwZEA7Ioqkc=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20180127040702-4e3ac2762d5f/go.mod h1:N2zxlSyiKSe5eX1tZViRH5QA0qijqEDrYZiPEAiq3wU=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20190905194746-02993c407bfb h1:zGWFAtiMcyryUHoUjUJX0/lt1H2+i2Ka2n+D3DImSNo=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20190905194746-02993c407bfb/go.mod h1:N2zxlSyiKSe5eX1tZViRH5QA0qijqEDrYZiPEAiq3wU=