diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67af049ee..563581ba6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ A course discovery and planning tool which combines all of UC Berkeley's academi
 Berkeleytime was created by [Yuxin Zhu](http://yuxinzhu.com/) and [Noah Gilmore](https://noahgilmore.com) and is maintained by [the ASUC Office of the CTO](https://octo.asuc.org/).
 # Getting started
 
+Create an `.env` file with the keys in `.env.template` populated accordingly.
+
 Start Docker before running these in repo root
 
 ```{bash}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index aa1a6bd65..ea6ae8221 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ services:
       - start
     networks:
       - bt
-    ports:
-      - 3000:3000 # local dev seems to use ws://localhost:3000/ws to listen for source code changes and refresh
     restart: always
     volumes:
       - ./frontend/src:/frontend/src