diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index e69de29b..92920aa7 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mongo-init.js
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diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98623b4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mongo-init.js
diff --git a/Dockerfile.dev b/Dockerfile.dev
index ce072618..a8f56aee 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 FROM node:18-alpine 
 WORKDIR /REMS
-COPY . .
+COPY --chown=node:node . .
 RUN npm install
+EXPOSE 8090
 CMD ./dockerRunnerDev.sh
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0622b13a..17ef1973 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,9 +15,25 @@ You can find complete end-to-end full-stack set up guides for DRLS REMS at the f
     ```
 2. Run dockerRunner.sh script
     ```bash
-    ./dockerRunner.sh  
+    npm run start
     ```
 
+## Running the Mongo DB instance 
+1. On the first run use the following command to create a docker mongo instance:
+    ```bash
+        docker run --name rems_local_pims_remsadmin_mongo --expose 27017 -p 27017:27017 -e MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME='rems-admin-pims-root' -e MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD='rems-admin-pims-password' -v rems_local_pims_remsadmin_mongo:/data/db -v "$(pwd)"/mongo-init.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init.js mongo
+    ```
+    To stop the running container, simply use ctrl + c
+
+
+2. On subsequent runs use the following command to start the existing mongo container: 
+    ```bash
+        docker start rems_local_pims_remsadmin_mongo
+    ```
+    To stop the running container, simply run the below command
+    ```bash
+        docker stop rems_local_pims_remsadmin_mongo
+    ```
 # REMS Administrator
 NOTE: The REMS Administrator is a work in progress.
 
diff --git a/docker-compose-dev.yml b/docker-compose-dev.yml
index 475948e6..53b410ed 100644
--- a/docker-compose-dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-dev.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,10 @@ services:
       context: ../test-ehr
       dockerfile: Dockerfile.keycloak
 
-  # Create test ehr container
   test-ehr:
-    # Name of our service
     container_name: rems_dev_test-ehr
     ports:
-      # Port binding to host from docker container
-      - '8080:8080' # Bind port 3000 of host to 3000 of container
+      - '8080:8080'
       - "8081:8081"
     environment:
       - DOCKER_PROFILE=true
@@ -39,6 +36,19 @@ services:
     extra_hosts:
       - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
 
+  pims_remsadmin_mongo:
+    image: mongo
+    container_name: rems_dev_pims-remsadmin-mongo
+    ports:
+      - '27017:27017' 
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME: rems-admin-pims-root
+      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD: rems-admin-pims-password
+    volumes:
+      - pims_remsadmin_mongo:/data/db
+      - ./mongo-init.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init.js
+
+
   # Create crd container
   # crd:
   #   # Name of our service
@@ -63,9 +73,7 @@ services:
   #     - rems_dev_crd-operations-build:/CRD/operations/build
   #     - rems_dev_crd-resources-build:/CRD/resources/build
 
-  # Create crd request generator container
   crd-request-generator:
-    # Name of our service
     build:
       context: ../crd-request-generator
       dockerfile: Dockerfile.dev
@@ -73,8 +81,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       - REACT_APP_REMS_CONFIG=true
     ports:
-      # Port binding to host from docker container
-      - "3000:3000" # Bind port 3000 of host to 3000 of container
+      - "3000:3000" 
       - "3001:3001"
     volumes:
       - rems_dev_crd-request-generator-sync:/home/node/app/crd-request-generator:nocopy #  nocopy is important
@@ -83,16 +90,13 @@ services:
       - rems_dev_crd-request-generator-build:/home/node/app/crd-request-generator/build
       - rems_dev_crd-request-generator-logs:/home/node/app/crd-request-generator/logs
 
-  # Create dtr container
   dtr:
-    # Name of our service
     build:
       context: ../dtr
       dockerfile: Dockerfile.dev
     container_name: rems_dev_dtr
     ports:
-      # Port binding to host from docker container
-      - "3005:3005" # Bind port 3000 of host to 3000 of container
+      - "3005:3005"
       - "3006:3006"
     volumes:
       - rems_dev_dtr-sync:/home/node/app/dtr:nocopy #  nocopy is important
@@ -100,18 +104,17 @@ services:
       - rems_dev_dtr-databaseData:/home/node/app/dtr/databaseData
       - rems_dev_dtr-logs:/home/node/app/dtr/logs
 
-  # Create rems container
   rems-administrator:
-    # Name of our service
     build:
       context: '.'
       dockerfile: Dockerfile.dev
-    container_name: rems_dev_rems
+    container_name: rems_dev_rems-administrator
     ports:
-      # Port binding to host from docker container
-      - "9020:8090" # Bind port 3000 of host to 3000 of container
+      - "8090:8090"
     volumes:
       - rems_dev_rems-sync:/REMS:nocopy #  nocopy is important
+      - rems_dev_rems-nodeModules:/REMS/node_modules
+      - rems_dev_rems-logs:/REMS/logs
 
   # pharmacy-information-system: # Name of our service
   #   build: 
@@ -138,12 +141,13 @@ services:
       dockerfile: Dockerfile.dev
     container_name: rems_dev_pims
     ports:
-      - "4200:3000" #4200 was the frontend port for the old pims
+      - "5050:5050" 
+      - "5051:5051"
     volumes:
       - rems_dev_pims-sync:/home/node/app/pims:nocopy
       - rems_dev_pims-nodeModules:/home/node/app/pims/node_modules
-      # - rems_dev_pims-backend-nodeModules:/home/node/app/pims/backend/node_modules
       - rems_dev_pims-logs:/home/node/app/pims/logs
+  
   # pharmacy-information-system-database: # Name of our service
   #   image: mongo
   #   container_name: rems_dev_pharmacy-information-system-database
@@ -172,6 +176,7 @@ volumes:
     external: true
 
   rems_dev_keycloak-data:
+  pims_remsadmin_mongo:
   rems_dev_test-ehr-gradle:
   rems_dev_test-ehr-bin:
   rems_dev_test-ehr-build:
@@ -192,6 +197,8 @@ volumes:
   rems_dev_dtr-nodeModules:
   rems_dev_dtr-databaseData:
   rems_dev_dtr-logs:
+  rems_dev_pims-logs: # rems_dev_pims-database:
   rems_dev_pims-nodeModules: # rems_dev_pims-backend-nodeModules:
+  rems_dev_rems-nodeModules:
+  rems_dev_rems-logs:
 
-  rems_dev_pims-logs: # rems_dev_pims-database:
diff --git a/docker-sync.yml b/docker-sync.yml
index 0e24cbfa..acc3d17a 100644
--- a/docker-sync.yml
+++ b/docker-sync.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ syncs:
 
   rems_dev_rems-sync:
     src: '.'
+    sync_excludes: ['node_modules', 'logs']
   
   rems_dev_pharmacy-information-system-sync:  
     src: '../pharmacy-information-system'
@@ -27,4 +28,4 @@ syncs:
 
   rems_dev_pims-sync:  
     src: '../pims'
-    sync_excludes: ['node_modules', 'backend/node_modules', 'logs']
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+    sync_excludes: ['node_modules', 'logs']
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diff --git a/mongo-init.js b/mongo-init.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..657e799d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mongo-init.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Create Databases
+const dbPims = db.getSiblingDB('pims');
+const dbRemsAdmin = db.getSiblingDB('remsadmin');
+
+// Create Collections
+dbPims.createCollection('pims-tmp');
+dbRemsAdmin.createCollection('remsadmin-tmp');
+
+// // Insert document to ensure db/collection is created
+// dbPims.pimscollection.insertOne({name: 'Hello World!'})
+// dbRemsAdmin.remsadmincollection.insertOne({name: 'Hello World Again!'})
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