diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
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@@ -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
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@@ -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/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
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-services:
-  backend:
-    build: ./mern/backend
-    ports:
-      - "5050:5050" 
-    networks:
-      - mern_network
-    environment:
-      MONGO_URI: mongodb://mongo:27017/mydatabase  
-    depends_on:
-      - mongodb
-
-  frontend:
-    build: ./mern/frontend
-    ports:
-      - "5173:5173"  
-    networks:
-      - mern_network
-    environment:
-      REACT_APP_API_URL: http://backend:5050 
-
-  mongodb:
-    image: mongo:latest  
-    ports:
-      - "27017:27017"  
-    networks:
-      - mern_network
-    volumes:
-      - mongo-data:/data/db  
-
-networks:
-  mern_network:
-    driver: bridge 
-
-volumes:
-  mongo-data:
-    driver: local  # Persist MongoDB data locally
-
diff --git a/mern/backend/Dockerfile b/mern/backend/Dockerfile
index c6d703b..73de6b8 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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