diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3251f27..ac335ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ client/bower_components
 dist
 server/config/local.env.js
 wdiff-1.2.2
+data
diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index a7a8003..8ace789 100755
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-# wdiff-markdown/docker 
+# wdiff-markdown/docker
 
 A docker container for deploying the wdiff-markdown application
 
 Usage
 ======
 
-Build the container with `docker build -t 'adamarthurryan/wdiff-markdown'`. 
+Build the container with `docker build -t 'adamarthurryan/wdiff-markdown'`.
 
 Run the script `prepare.sh` from this folder.
 
-To launch the application in development mode, run `launch-devel.sh`.
-
-To launch the application in production mode, run `launch-prod.sh`.
+To launch the application in development mode, run `../launch-devel.sh`.
 
+To launch the application in production mode, run `../launch-prod.sh`.
diff --git a/docker/start-mongodb b/docker/start-mongodb
deleted file mode 100755
index e45cb7e..0000000
--- a/docker/start-mongodb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-
-# Start a data container and a mongodb instance
-
-echo
-
-# test if the data-db container has been created 
-if docker inspect -f {{.Name}} data-db
-  then
-    echo "* data-db exists"
-  else
-    echo "* creating data-db"
-    # The data container has a volume at /data/db, is named 'data' and is based on mongo
-    docker create -v /data/db --name data-db mongo echo "Data container - database"
-fi
-
-echo
-
-# test if the mongo db server has been created 
-if docker inspect -f {{.Name}} mongodb
-  then 
-    # make sure the server is running
-    if docker inspect -f {{.State.Running}} mongodb
-      then
-        echo "* mongodb exists and is running"
-      else
-        echo "* starting mongodb"
-        docker start mongodb
-    fi
-  else  
-    echo "* creating new mongodb server"
-    # Start a mongo db server as a daemon
-    # The server will use the data-db container as a volume
-    docker run -p 27017 --name=mongodb --volumes-from=data-db -d mongo 
-fi
-
-
diff --git a/launch-devel.sh b/launch-devel.sh
index 0da31c4..f02ad4d 100755
--- a/launch-devel.sh
+++ b/launch-devel.sh
@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@
 
 # test if the data-docker-home container has been created
 if docker inspect -f {{.Name}} data-docker-home > /dev/null
-  then 
+  then
     echo > /dev/null
   else
     echo "* creating data-docker-home container"
     echo
     # The data container has a volume at /home/docker, is named 'data' and is based on busybox
     docker create -v /home/docker --name data-docker-home adamarthurryan/mean echo "Data container - docker home"
-    
+
 fi
 
-docker/start-mongodb
-
-docker run -it --rm --link mongodb:mongodb --volumes-from=data-docker-home -v ${PWD}:/working -w /working -p 9000:9000 -p 35729:35729 adamarthurryan/mean grunt serve
+docker run -it --rm --volumes-from=data-docker-home -v ${PWD}:/working -w /working -p 9000:9000 -p 35729:35729 adamarthurryan/mean grunt serve
diff --git a/launch-production.sh b/launch-production.sh
index e623cb6..2c262dd 100755
--- a/launch-production.sh
+++ b/launch-production.sh
@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@
 
 # test if the data-docker-home container has been created
 if docker inspect -f {{.Name}} data-docker-home > /dev/null
-  then 
+  then
     echo > /dev/null
   else
     echo "* creating data-docker-home container"
     echo
     # The data container has a volume at /home/docker, is named 'data' and is based on busybox
     docker create -v /home/docker --name data-docker-home adamarthurryan/mean echo "Data container - docker home"
-    
+
 fi
 
-docker/mongodb-start
-
-docker run -it --rm --link mongodb:mongodb -e "PORT=8080" --volumes-from=data-docker-home -v ${PWD}:/working -w /working -p 80:8080 adamarthurryan/mean grunt serve:dist
+docker run -it --rm -e "PORT=8080" --volumes-from=data-docker-home -v ${PWD}:/working -w /working -p 80:8080 adamarthurryan/mean grunt serve:dist