diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 48702d5..bdaadb1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ To delete the service and the volumes, you can run the command:
 
 ```bash
 docker compose rm -fsv
+docker compose down -v
 ```
 
 We support also the `docker-compose` command with a dash. In this case,
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ you need to use the following commands:
 ```bash
 docker-compose up -d    # start the services
 docker-compose stop     # stop the service
-docker-compose rm -fsv  # delete the services and the volumes
+docker-compose rm -fsv  # delete the services
+docker-compose down -v  # delete the volumes
 ```
 
 ## Logging
diff --git a/start-local.sh b/start-local.sh
index 248011f..3b85e01 100755
--- a/start-local.sh
+++ b/start-local.sh
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ cat > .env <<- EOM
 ES_LOCAL_VERSION=$es_version
 ES_LOCAL_CONTAINER_NAME=$elasticsearch_container_name
 ES_LOCAL_PASSWORD=$es_password
+ES_LOCAL_URL=http://localhost:9200
 ES_LOCAL_PORT=9200
 ES_LOCAL_HEAP_INIT=128m
 ES_LOCAL_HEAP_MAX=2g