diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index b6905fe4..1ba3384b 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@ FINGERPRINT_API_URL=https://api.fpjs.io/
 STRING_INTERNAL_ID=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
 STRING_WALLET_ID=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001
 STRING_BANK_ID=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002
-STRING_PLACEHOLDER_PLATFORM_ID=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003
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+STRING_PLACEHOLDER_PLATFORM_ID=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003
+SERVICE_NAME=string_api
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3929e2ce..19f0392b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-### For Live Reloading: ###
-1. install [Air|https://github.com/cosmtrek/air]: `go install github.com/cosmtrek/air@latest` 
-2. run `air`
-3. if you get `zsh: command not found: air` you need to add to PATH: `PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin`
+### To run the APIS: ###
+1. Ensure you have the infra repo where the docker compose file is now located
+2. run `docker compose -f ../infra/local/docker-compose.yml up`
+3. You can also run with the -d flag to keep the process in the background, ie `docker compose -f -d ../infra/local/docker-compose.yml up`
 
-### For migrations: ### 
-1. install [Goose|https://pressly.github.io/] `brew install goose`
-2. Note, this binary is separate from the go package.
-3. `goose postgres "host=localhost dbname=string_db user=string_db password=string_password sslmode=disable" down-to 0`
+### To get a live terminal output from any repository being run by the infra docker compose: ###
+1. Run `docker logs [docker container name] -f`
+2. ie `docker logs platform-admin-api -f`
+3. You can get the container names using `docker ps`
+4. If you don't want the output in real time, you can omit the `-f` flag
 
-### Postgres & Redis - Docker Compose: ***local dev only*** ###
-1. To build and start the docker containers for the first time: `docker-compose up --build`
-2. To shutdown the docker containers press `ctl + c`
+### For migrations: ### 
+1. This is now handled by the docker compose file
 
 ### Docker Issues?
 1. If docker is giving you an error when you try to `docker-compose up --build` try the following commands in order:
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ run `go install` to get dependencies installed
 
 ### For local testing: ###
 run `go test`
+or if you want to run a specific test, use `go test -run [TestName] [./path/to/dir] -v -count 1`
+ie `go test -run TestGetSwapPayload ./pkg/service -v -count 1`
 
 ### Unit21: ### 
 This is a 3rd party service that offers the ability to evaluate risk at a transaction level and identify fraud. A client file exists to connect to their API. Documentation is here: https://docs.unit21.ai/reference/entities-api
 You can create a test API key on the Unit21 dashboard. You will need to be setup as an Admin. Here are the instructions: https://docs.unit21.ai/reference/generate-api-keys
-When setting up the production env variables, their URL will be: https://api.unit21.com/v1
+When setting up the production env variables, their URL will be: https://api.unit21.com/v1
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diff --git a/dev.Dockerfile b/dev.Dockerfile
index 87be470f..77154435 100644
--- a/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ ADD go.mod go.sum /string_api/
 RUN go mod download
 
 # install the air tool
-RUN curl -fLo install.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cosmtrek/air/master/install.sh \
-	&& chmod +x install.sh && sh install.sh && cp ./bin/air /bin/air
+RUN go install github.com/cosmtrek/air@latest
 
 # install goose for db migrations
 RUN go install github.com/pressly/goose/v3/cmd/goose@latest
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7108b7bc..00000000
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-version: '3.8'
-services:
-  string-api:
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: dev.Dockerfile
-    container_name: string-api
-    ports:
-      - 5555:5555
-    depends_on:
-      redis:
-        condition: service_started
-      db:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    volumes:
-      - ./:/string_api
-  db:
-    image: postgres:14.1-alpine
-    restart: always
-    environment:
-      - POSTGRES_USER=string_db
-      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=string_password
-    ports:
-      - '5432:5432'
-    volumes:
-      - db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U string_db"]
-      interval: 5s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 5
-  redis:
-    image: redis:7.0-alpine
-    restart: always
-    ports:
-      - '6379:6379'
-    command: redis-server --save 20 1 --loglevel warning --requirepass eYVX7EwVmmxKPCDmwMtyKVge8oLd2t81
-    ## We want the Redis data not to persist. 
-    ## Commenting out the lines below is equivalent to run the command FLUSHALL after each restart
-    ## Uncomment the following lines to persist data
-    # volumes:
-    #   - redis:/data
-
-volumes:
-  db:
-    driver: local
-    ## We want the Redis data not to persist. 
-    ## Commenting out the lines below is equivalent to run the command FLUSHALL after each restart
-    ## Uncomment the following lines to persist data
-    # redis:
-    #   driver: local
diff --git a/migrations/0005_user-to-platform_contact-to-platform_device-to-instrument_platform.sql b/migrations/0005_user-to-platform_contact-to-platform_device-to-instrument_platform.sql
index 0568dda5..f2220fdd 100644
--- a/migrations/0005_user-to-platform_contact-to-platform_device-to-instrument_platform.sql
+++ b/migrations/0005_user-to-platform_contact-to-platform_device-to-instrument_platform.sql
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ ALTER TABLE platform
   DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS authentication,
   ADD COLUMN activated_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE DEFAULT NULL,  -- for activating prod users
   ADD COLUMN name TEXT NOT NULL,
-  ADD COLUMN description TEXT NOT NULL,
+  ADD COLUMN description TEXT DEFAULT '',
   ADD COLUMN domains TEXT[] DEFAULT NULL, -- define which domains can make calls to API (web-to-API)
   ADD COLUMN ip_addresses TEXT[] DEFAULT NULL; -- define which API ips can make calls (API-to-API)
 
diff --git a/migrations/0006_platform-member_member-to-platform_member-role_member-to-role_member-invite_apikey.sql b/migrations/0006_platform-member_member-to-platform_member-role_member-to-role_member-invite_apikey.sql
index 43f665d9..d0f106a8 100644
--- a/migrations/0006_platform-member_member-to-platform_member-role_member-to-role_member-invite_apikey.sql
+++ b/migrations/0006_platform-member_member-to-platform_member-role_member-to-role_member-invite_apikey.sql
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CREATE TABLE platform_member (
   updated_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
   deactivated_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE DEFAULT NULL,
   email TEXT NOT NULL,
-  password TEXT NOT NULL -- how do we maintain this?
+  password TEXT DEFAULT '' -- how do we maintain this?
 );
 
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