diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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-*.kate-swp
-.env
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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-# Use this image as the platform to build the app
-FROM node:20.11-alpine AS external-website
-
-# A small line inside the image to show who made it
-LABEL Developers="Dave Lane, Lane Ventures"
-
-# The WORKDIR instruction sets the working directory for everything that will happen next
-WORKDIR /app
-
-# Copy all local files into the image
-COPY . .
-
-# Clean install all node modules
-RUN npm ci
-
-# Build SvelteKit app
-RUN npm run build
-
-# Delete source code files that were used to build the app that are no longer needed
-RUN rm -rf src/ static/ emailTemplates/ docker-compose.yml
-
-# The USER instruction sets the user name to use as the default user for the remainder of the current stage
-USER node:node
-
-# This is the command that will be run inside the image when you tell Docker to start the container
-CMD ["node","build/index.js"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -1,17 +1,3 @@
 # sveltekit-docker-deployment
 
-A recipe for deploying a SvelteKit app via Docker Compose.
-
-This project owes a lot to [this reference](https://medium.com/@loic.joachim/dockerize-sveltekit-with-node-adapter-62c5dc6fc15a).
-
-## To build a new image
-
-    docker-compose build
-
-## To start it up (and tail the logs - CTRL-C to quit out of the logs without affecting running container)
-
-    docker-compose up -d && docker-compose logs -f
-
-## To clear out an old image (if it's running)
-
-    docker-compose down --remove-orphans --rmi 'all'
+A recipe for deploying a SvelteKit app via Docker Compose.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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-# docker-compose.yml
-
-services:
-  external:
-    container_name: external
-    # The name of the image that will be created when building this container
-    # Change this based on your app's name...
-    image: external-website:latest
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
-    user: "node"
-    environment:
-      # Internal server error messages will not send stacktrace to the browser in production
-      - NODE_ENV=production
-      # Sets the timezone of the containers OS
-      - TZ=Pacific/Auckland
-    # Points to a file with the sensitive environment variables
-    env_file:
-      - .env
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    ports:
-    # change the port on 127.0.0.1 to ensure it's not already in use on the host.
-      - 127.0.0.1:5050:5050
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-# copy this to .env to enable...