diff --git a/deploy/Dockerfile-post_start b/deploy/Dockerfile-post_start
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f45bd8..0000000
--- a/deploy/Dockerfile-post_start
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-FROM alpine
-
-RUN apk add curl bash jq gettext
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diff --git a/deploy/README.md b/deploy/README.md
index b40b8a0..24b476e 100644
--- a/deploy/README.md
+++ b/deploy/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,33 @@
+# Test bench
+
+This repository holds the files necessary to test splunk_exporter.
+
+Through docker-compose, it starts the exporter, a prometheus instance, a grafana instance and a splunk instance.
+
+## prerequisites
+
+- bash
+- docker-compose
+- envsubst (part of `gettext` package)
+- jq
+- curl
+- grep
+
+## run
+
+```shell
+bash run.sh
+```
+
 ## Access
 
 All instances are exposed on your host.
 
 This is not a production environment.
 
-Splunk: http://localhost:8000/ user: admin pass: splunkadmin
-Grafana: http://localhost:3000/ user: admin pass: admin
-Prometheus: http://localhost:9090/
-Splunk Exporter: http://localhost:9115/
+| Service         | URL                    | Credentials                       |
+| --------------- | ---------------------- | --------------------------------- |
+| Splunk          | http://localhost:8000/ | user: `admin` pass: `splunkadmin` |
+| Grafana         | http://localhost:3000/ | user: `admin` pass: `admin`       |
+| Prometheus      | http://localhost:9090/ |                                   |
+| Splunk Exporter | http://localhost:9115/ |                                   |
diff --git a/deploy/post_start.sh b/deploy/post_start.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 888c35a..0000000
--- a/deploy/post_start.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# waiting for splunk to finish starting
-# sleep 120
-export SPLUNK_TOKEN=$(curl -k -u admin:splunkadmin -X POST https://splunk:8089/services/authorization/tokens?output_mode=json --data name=admin --data audience=splunk_exporter | jq -r '.entry[0].content.token')
-cat splunk_exporter.yml.src | envsubst > splunk_exporter.yml
-curl -X POST http://splunk_exporter:9115/-/reload
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diff --git a/deploy/run.sh b/deploy/run.sh
index da4a2c2..c8b17e2 100755
--- a/deploy/run.sh
+++ b/deploy/run.sh
@@ -5,23 +5,19 @@ set -e
 # print commands
 set -v
 
+# initiate conf file
+touch ./splunk_exporter.yml
 
 # Start the stack
-docker compose up -d
+docker compose up -d prometheus grafana splunk
 
 # Wait for splunk to be initialized
 until docker logs -n1 splunk 2>/dev/null | grep -q -m 1 '^Ansible playbook complete'; do sleep 0.2; done
 
 # Generate api key
-post_start_image=$(docker build -q - < Dockerfile-post_start)
-touch ./splunk_exporter.yml
-docker run \
-    --rm \
-    --volume ./post_start.sh:/post_start.sh:ro \
-    --volume ./splunk_exporter.yml:/splunk_exporter.yml:rw \
-    --volume ./splunk_exporter.yml.src:/splunk_exporter.yml.src:ro \
-    --entrypoint bash \
-    --entrypoint /post_start.sh \
-    --network deploy_monitoring \
-    $post_start_image
-    
+export SPLUNK_TOKEN=$(curl -k -u admin:splunkadmin -X POST https://splunk:8089/services/authorization/tokens?output_mode=json --data name=admin --data audience=splunk_exporter | jq -r '.entry[0].content.token')
+cat splunk_exporter.yml.src | envsubst > splunk_exporter.yml
+
+# start splunk_exporter
+docker compose up -d
+# curl -X POST http://splunk_exporter:9115/-/reload