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@@ -10,37 +10,23 @@ Demo setup for Spring Boot apps with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Eureka, a
 docker compose up
 ```
 
-## Stop dependencies
-
-```shell
-docker compose down
-```
-
-## Stop dependencies and purge data
-
-```shell
-docker compose down --volumes
-```
-
 ## Remove logs
 
 ```shell
 rm -rf logs
 ```
 
-## Start the apps (using in-memory H2 DB)
-
+## Start the apps
+If you want to use an in-memory DB (H2):
 ```shell
 ./gradlew bootRun
 ```
 
-## Start the apps using MySQL
-
-This is needed if you want to inject latency on the network (see [ToxiProxy](#useful-urls)).
-
+If you want to use a real DB (MySQL):
 ```shell
 ./gradlew bootRun -Pprofiles=mysql
 ```
+You need a real DB if you want to inject latency on the network (see [ToxiProxy](#useful-urls)).
 
 ## Start load tests
 
@@ -50,6 +36,18 @@ See `SteepTeaSimulation.java` for duration, request rate, and traffic patterns.
 ./gradlew :load-gen:gatlingRun
 ```
 
+## Stop dependencies
+
+```shell
+docker compose down
+```
+
+## Stop dependencies and purge data
+
+```shell
+docker compose down --volumes
+```
+
 ## Useful URLs
 
 - Tea UI: http://localhost:8090/steep
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ make errors
 
 ## Latency simulation
 
-If you [start the apps with the `mysql` profile](#start-the-apps-using-mysql), the apps are not connected to the DB directly but through [ToxiProxy](#useful-urls) so that you can inject failures (i.e.: latency) on the network. You can do this in multiple ways (e.g.: using the [ToxiProxy UI](#useful-urls) or the ToxiProxy CLI). The `Makefile` contains a goal for this to make it simple for you, you can run this to inject latency:
+If you [start the apps with the `mysql` profile](#start-the-apps), the apps are not connected to the DB directly but through [ToxiProxy](#useful-urls) so that you can inject failures (i.e.: latency) on the network. You can do this in multiple ways (e.g.: using the [ToxiProxy UI](#useful-urls) or the ToxiProxy CLI). The `Makefile` contains a goal for this to make it simple for you, you can run this to inject latency:
 
 ```shell
 make chaos