diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ab7b14..f58317f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,25 +24,47 @@ Dependencies on other Microservices:
 
 ## Getting Started
 
-### OS X
-
 **First, make sure that you have the [API gateway running
 locally](https://github.com/control-tower/control-tower).**
 
-We're using Docker which, luckily for you, means that getting the
-application running locally should be fairly painless. First, make sure
-that you have [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/)
-installed on your machine.
+Start by cloning the repository from github to your execution environment
 
 ```
-git clone https://github.com/resource-watch/query
-cd query
-./query.sh develop
-```text
+git clone https://github.com/resource-watch/query.git && cd query
+```
+
+After that, follow one of the instructions below:
+
+### Using native execution
+
+1 - Set up your environment variables. See `dev.env.sample` for a list of variables you should set, which are described in detail in [this section](#environment-variables) of the documentation. Native execution will NOT load the `dev.env` file content, so you need to use another way to define those values
+
+2 - Install node dependencies using yarn:
+```
+yarn
+```
+
+3 - Start the application server:
+```
+yarn start
+```
+
+The endpoints provided by this microservice should now be available through Control Tower's URL.
+
+### Using Docker
+
+1 - Create and complete your `dev.env` file with your configuration. You can find an example `dev.env.sample` file in the project root.
 
-You can now access the microservice through the CT gateway.
+2 - Execute the following command to run Control tower:
 
 ```
+./query.sh develop
+```
+
+The endpoints provided by this microservice should now be available through Control Tower's URL.
+
+
+You can now access the microservice through the API gateway.
 
 ### Configuration
 
diff --git a/docker-compose-develop.yml b/docker-compose-develop.yml
index 737236c..978daee 100644
--- a/docker-compose-develop.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-develop.yml
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ services:
   develop:
     build: .
     ports:
-      - "35749:35729"
+      - "5001:5001"
     environment:
+      PORT: 5001
+      NODE_PATH: app/src
       CT_URL: http://mymachine:9000
-      LOCAL_URL: http://mymachine:5000
+      LOCAL_URL: http://mymachine:5001
       API_VERSION: v1
-      CT_TOKEN: null
+      CT_TOKEN: eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6Im1pY3Jvc2VydmljZSIsImNyZWF0ZWRBdCI6IjIwMTYtMDktMTQifQ.IRCIRm1nfIQTfda_Wb6Pg-341zhV8soAgzw7dd5HxxQ
       CT_REGISTER_MODE: auto
       GCLOUD_STORAGE: ${GCLOUD_STORAGE}
       GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS: /opt/query/storage.json