diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1b4cdad..1a98663 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,19 +134,25 @@ A summary of available commands are outlined below. Note that if the command req
 
 Create an interactive terminal into the postgres container
 ```bash
-sudo docker-compose -f docker-compose.production.yaml up postgres
+sudo docker-compose -f docker-compose.production.yaml up -d postgres
 sudo docker exec -it postgres bash
 ```
 
 Within the interactive terminal. Connect to the database, add the righttree_admin user and give permissions. Please use the same credentials as defined in .env.
 ```bash
 psql -U postgres
-/c righttree
+\c righttree
 CREATE USER righttree_admin;
 ALTER USER righttree_admin with encrypted password 'YOUR PASSWORD';
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE righttree TO  righttree_admin;
 ```
 
+Exit the container and stop postgres service:
+```
+[CTRL-D] - to exit psql THEN [CTRL-D] to exit container 
+sudo docker-compose -f docker-compose.production.yaml down
+```
+
 6. Populate the database using `sudo ./dev populate_database`
 7. Build optimised frontend build and collect together staticfiles `sudo ./dev create_staticfiles`
 8. Create a django superuser for access to the admin interface. Please use the same credentials as defined in .env `sudo ./dev createsuperuser`
diff --git a/backend/right_tree/settings.py b/backend/right_tree/settings.py
index b7c0ace..1d9119b 100644
--- a/backend/right_tree/settings.py
+++ b/backend/right_tree/settings.py
@@ -139,8 +139,11 @@ STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'staticfiles')
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
 
+frontend_url = os.getenv('FRONTEND_BASE_URL', 'localhost:3000')
+
 CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = [
-    os.getenv("FRONTEND_BASE_URL") or 'http://localhost:3000'
+    f"https://{frontend_url}",
+    f"http://{frontend_url}"
 ]
 
 CORS_ALLOW_HEADERS = [
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 51c3931..907191d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 version: "3.8"
 
 volumes:
-  local-postgres-data:
-    name: local-postgres-data
+  righttree-postgres-data:
+    name: righttree-postgres-data
 
 services:
   backend:
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     container_name: postgres
     volumes:
-      - local-postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - righttree-postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
       - ./create_database.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/create_database.sql
     ports:
       - "5432:5432"