diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ad88952..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
-
-name: CI
-
-# Controls when the workflow will run
-on:
-  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch
-  push:
-    branches: [ $default-branch ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ $default-branch ]
-
-  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
-jobs:
-  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
-  
-  build:
-    # The type of runner that the job will run on
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment: Testing
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x , 16.x]
-      max-parallel: 1  
-    
-    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
-    steps:
-      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with: 
-          ref: 'main-test'
-
-      - name: Install server npm packages
-        uses: bahmutov/npm-install@v1
-        with:
-          working-directory: mern/server
-
-      - name: Install client npm packages
-        uses: bahmutov/npm-install@v1
-        with:
-          working-directory: mern/client
-
-      - name: Start server in the background
-        env: 
-          ATLAS_URI: ${{ secrets.ATLAS_URI }}
-        run: (cd mern/server && echo "ATLAS_URI=$ATLAS_URI" > config.env  && npm start &)
-
-      - name: Start React app in the background
-        run: (cd mern/client && npm start &)
-
-      - name: Install Cypress and run tests
-        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v2
-        with:
-          working-directory: mern/client
-        
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c672e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# A simple MERN stack application
+
+**Note** - To run this project using `docker compose`, follow the below steps.
+
+Switch to the `compose` branch to learn the
+
+1. Implementation of `Dockerfile` for `client` and `server`.
+2. Run the containers using `Docker Compose`.
+
+## Run it local without Docker
+
+### Prerequisite
+
+- Install `npm`
+
+#### Start Server:
+
+```
+cd mern/server
+npm install
+npm start
+```
+
+#### Start Client
+
+```
+cd mern/client
+npm install
+npm run dev
+```
+
+<img width="1790" alt="Screenshot 2024-08-31 at 11 07 58 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f414230b-8bd6-4393-b8de-6a10444a8dfd">
diff --git a/mern/backend/Dockerfile b/mern/backend/Dockerfile
index c6d703b..5c07de8 100644
--- a/mern/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/mern/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@ COPY . .
 
 EXPOSE 5050
 
-CMD ["npm", "start"]
-
+CMD ["npm","start"]
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/mern/docker-compose.yaml
similarity index 79%
rename from docker-compose.yaml
rename to mern/docker-compose.yaml
index fecb786..6b3fc22 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/mern/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 services:
   backend:
-    build: ./mern/backend
+    build: C:/Users/Reshma/MERN-docker-compose/mern/backend
     ports:
       - "5050:5050" 
     networks:
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ services:
       - mongodb
 
   frontend:
-    build: ./mern/frontend
+    build: C:/Users/Reshma/MERN-docker-compose/mern/frontend
     ports:
       - "5173:5173"  
     networks:
@@ -34,5 +34,4 @@ networks:
 
 volumes:
   mongo-data:
-    driver: local  # Persist MongoDB data locally
-
+    driver: local  
diff --git a/mern/frontend/Dockerfile b/mern/frontend/Dockerfile
index 0b34905..c46b1f8 100644
--- a/mern/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/mern/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,23 +1,13 @@
-# Use the official image as a parent image
-# Description: Dockerfile for the client side of the MERN stack application
-
-# Use the official image as a parent image
 FROM node:18.9.1
 
-# Set the working directory
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Copy the file from your host to your current location
 COPY package.json .
 
-# Run the command inside your image filesystem
 RUN npm install
 
-# Inform Docker that the container is listening on the specified port at runtime
-EXPOSE 5173
-
-# Copy the rest of your app's source code from your host to your image filesystem
 COPY . .
 
-# Run the specified command within the container
-CMD ["npm", "run", "dev"]
+EXPOSE 5173
+
+CMD ["npm","run","dev"]
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