diff --git a/samples/fastapi-postgres/README.md b/samples/fastapi-postgres/README.md
index 7c8744e1..64233842 100644
--- a/samples/fastapi-postgres/README.md
+++ b/samples/fastapi-postgres/README.md
@@ -9,15 +9,52 @@ This sample project demonstrates how to deploy FastAPI with PostgreSQL with Defa
 1. Download <a href="https://github.com/defang-io/defang">Defang CLI</a>
 2. (optional) If you are using <a href="https://docs.defang.io/docs/concepts/defang-byoc">Defang BYOC</a>, make sure you have properly <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-configure.html">authenticated your AWS account</a>.
 
-## Deploying
+## Development
 
-1. Open the terminal and type `defang login`
-2. Type `defang compose up` in the CLI.
-3. Your app will be running within a few minutes.
+To run the development container(s) locally, do:
 
-## Local Development
+```bash
+docker compose -f compose.dev.yaml up --build
+```
 
-1. Run `docker compose -f compose.dev.yaml up --build`
+Or to run the production container(s) locally, do:
+
+```bash
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres docker compose up --build
+```
+
+## Configuration
+
+For this sample, you will need to provide the following [configuration](https://docs.defang.io/docs/concepts/configuration): 
+
+> Note that if you are using the 1-click deploy option, you can set these values as secrets in your GitHub repository and the action will automatically deploy them for you.
+
+### `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` 
+``` bash
+defang config set POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+```
+
+## Deployment
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> Download [Defang CLI](https://github.com/DefangLabs/defang)
+
+### Defang Playground
+
+Deploy your application to the Defang Playground by opening up your terminal and typing:
+```bash
+defang compose up
+```
+
+### BYOC (AWS)
+
+If you want to deploy to your own cloud account, you can use Defang BYOC:
+
+1. [Authenticate your AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-configure.html), and check that you have properly set your environment variables like `AWS_PROFILE`, `AWS_REGION`, `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`.
+2. Run in a terminal that has access to your AWS environment variables:
+    ```bash
+    defang --provider=aws compose up
+    ```
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/samples/fastapi-postgres/compose.dev.yaml b/samples/fastapi-postgres/compose.dev.yaml
index 5bc6688b..feca2f18 100644
--- a/samples/fastapi-postgres/compose.dev.yaml
+++ b/samples/fastapi-postgres/compose.dev.yaml
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ services:
     extends:
       file: compose.yaml
       service: fastapi
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    ports:
-      - "8000:8000"
     environment:
       - DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:postgres@db:5432/postgres
     volumes:
@@ -15,8 +12,9 @@ services:
     command: fastapi dev main.py --host 0.0.0.0
 
   db:
-    image: postgres:15
-    restart: unless-stopped
+    extends:
+      file: compose.yaml
+      service: db
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_USER=postgres
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
diff --git a/samples/fastapi-postgres/compose.yaml b/samples/fastapi-postgres/compose.yaml
index bbcdc70a..06621caa 100644
--- a/samples/fastapi-postgres/compose.yaml
+++ b/samples/fastapi-postgres/compose.yaml
@@ -7,9 +7,23 @@ services:
     ports:
       - mode: ingress
         target: 8000
+        published: 8000
     environment:
-      - DATABASE_URL
+      - DB_URL=postgres://postgres:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@db:5432/postgres
+    depends_on:
+      - db
     #deploy:
     #  resources:
     #    reservations:
     #      memory: 256M
+
+  db:
+    image: postgres:15
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=postgres
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+      - POSTGRES_DB=postgres
+    ports:
+      - mode: host
+        target: 5432
diff --git a/samples/fastapi-postgres/fastapi/main.py b/samples/fastapi-postgres/fastapi/main.py
index 5dc4da3b..0e0812d3 100644
--- a/samples/fastapi-postgres/fastapi/main.py
+++ b/samples/fastapi-postgres/fastapi/main.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 from databases import Database
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
-load_dotenv() 
+load_dotenv()
 
-database_url = os.getenv("DATABASE_URL")
+database_url = os.getenv("DB_URL")
 print(f"Connecting to database at: {database_url}")
 database = Database(database_url)
 
diff --git a/samples/fastapi-postgres/fastapi/requirements.txt b/samples/fastapi-postgres/fastapi/requirements.txt
index 657f98bf..21f29bb6 100644
--- a/samples/fastapi-postgres/fastapi/requirements.txt
+++ b/samples/fastapi-postgres/fastapi/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 uwsgi
-fastapi
+fastapi[standard]
 uvicorn
 asyncpg
 databases
 python-dotenv
+jinja2
+python-multipart
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/fastapi/README.md b/samples/fastapi/README.md
index 8e7a19f3..355943b2 100644
--- a/samples/fastapi/README.md
+++ b/samples/fastapi/README.md
@@ -6,24 +6,49 @@ This sample project demonstrates how to deploy FastAPI with Defang.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-1. Download <a href="https://github.com/defang-io/defang">Defang CLI</a>
-2. (optional) If you are using <a href="https://docs.defang.io/docs/concepts/defang-byoc">Defang BYOC</a>, make sure you have properly <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-configure.html">authenticated your AWS account</a>.
-
-## Deploying
-
-1. Open the terminal and type `defang login`
-2. Type `defang compose up` in the CLI.
-3. Your app will be running within a few minutes.
+1. Download [Defang CLI](https://github.com/DefangLabs/defang)
+2. (Optional) If you are using [Defang BYOC](https://docs.defang.io/docs/concepts/defang-byoc) authenticate with your cloud provider account
+3. (Optional for local development) [Docker CLI](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/)
 
 ## Development
 
-To run your FastAPI app locally, you'll need to have Docker installed on your machine. You can then run:
+To run the application locally, you can use the following command:
 
 ```bash
 docker compose -f compose.yaml -f compose.dev.yaml up --build
 ```
 
-That will start your FastAPI app on `http://localhost:8000` with hot reloading enabled.
+## Configuration
+
+For this sample, you will not need to provide [configuration](https://docs.defang.io/docs/concepts/configuration).
+
+If you wish to provide configuration, see below for an example of setting a configuration for a value named `API_KEY`.
+
+```bash
+defang config set API_KEY
+```
+
+## Deployment
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> Download [Defang CLI](https://github.com/DefangLabs/defang)
+
+### Defang Playground
+
+Deploy your application to the Defang Playground by opening up your terminal and typing:
+```bash
+defang compose up
+```
+
+### BYOC (AWS)
+
+If you want to deploy to your own cloud account, you can use Defang BYOC:
+
+1. [Authenticate your AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-configure.html), and check that you have properly set your environment variables like `AWS_PROFILE`, `AWS_REGION`, `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`.
+2. Run in a terminal that has access to your AWS environment variables:
+    ```bash
+    defang --provider=aws compose up
+    ```
 
 ---