diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 810e957..46b8886 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Read what every environment variable does: https://github.com/stonith404/pingvin-share#environment-variables
+
 # GENERAL
 APP_URL=http://localhost:3000
 SHOW_HOME_PAGE=true
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 23c1afd..21d982f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,6 +35,5 @@ yarn-error.log*
 /frontend/public/sw.*
 
 # project specific
-/backend/uploads/
+/backend/data/
 /data/
-/backend/prisma/pingvin-share.db*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da40b80..1284ac3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ Contact me, create an issue or directly create a pull request.
 
 ### Development setup
 
-#### Database & Backend
+#### Backend
 
-1. Open the `backend`
+1. Open the `backend` folder
 2. Duplicate the `.env.example` file, rename the duplicate to `.env` and change the environment variables if needed
 3. Install the dependencies with `npm install`
 4. Push the database schema to the database by running `npx prisma db push`
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ Contact me, create an issue or directly create a pull request.
 
 #### Frontend
 
-1. Open the `frontend` folder
-2. Duplicate the `.env.example` file, rename the duplicate to `.env` and change the environment variables if needed
-3. Install the dependencies with `npm install`
-4. Start the frontend with `npm run dev`
+1. Start the backend first
+2. Open the `frontend` folder
+3. Duplicate the `.env.example` file, rename the duplicate to `.env` and change the environment variables if needed
+4. Install the dependencies with `npm install`
+5. Start the frontend with `npm run dev`
 
 You're all set!
diff --git a/backend/.dockerignore b/backend/.dockerignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e13e5ca..0000000
--- a/backend/.dockerignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/frontend/node_modules/
-dist/
-.git/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/docker-compose.yml b/backend/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e06c39..0000000
--- a/backend/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-version: '3.8'
-services:
-  db:
-    image: postgres:14.1-alpine
-    restart: always
-    environment:
-      - POSTGRES_USER=${DB_USER}
-      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
-      - POSTGRES_DB=pingvin-share
-    ports:
-      - '5432:5432'
-    volumes:
-      - pingvin-share-dev-db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-volumes:
-  pingvin-share-dev-db:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/.dockerignore b/frontend/.dockerignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b163dc..0000000
--- a/frontend/.dockerignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-node_modules/
-dist/
-.next/
-.git/
\ No newline at end of file