diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index c642e10..965171a 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# Define which compose files to use
+# see: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/6d5732a8-89ba-479b-bdf6-00c93d19b9a9?s=u
+
+# Director only (no dashboard etc)
+COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.network.yml,docker-compose.director.yml
+
+# The full stack with dashboard etc
+#COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.network.yml,docker-compose.full.yml
+
 # SSH configuration
 SSH_IP=1.1.1.1
 SSH_PORT=22
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f7a0af..6bb544f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,9 +23,54 @@ Authentication is done using basic auth, which is set up based on environment va
 ## Setting up sorry-cypress
 
 1. Follow the [sorry-cypress setup instructions](https://docs.sorry-cypress.dev/guide/get-started)
+    - `npm i cypress-cloud`
+    - Edit `cypress` CLI for `cypress-coud` [see docs](https://docs.sorry-cypress.dev/guide/get-started#running-cypress-tests-in-parallel)
+    - Add `cloudPlugin` to `cypress.config.js`
 2. Set `cloudServiceUrl` in your `currents.config.js` to `https://your_user:your_password@sorry-cypress-director.your_domain.com`
 3. See `.github-actions.example.yml` for an example for how to set up a parallel resting CI on Github
 
+### Example usage in Github actions
+
+You can use the director in Github Actions by setting `currents.config.js` to:
+
+```js
+module.exports = {
+    projectId: "APP NAME", // the projectId, can be any values for sorry-cypress users
+    recordKey: "xxx", // the record key, can be any value for sorry-cypress users
+    cloudServiceUrl: "%%cypress_cloud_service_url%%",   // Sorry Cypress users - set the director service URL
+}
+```
+
+And in Github Actions add the URL with authentication using:
+
+```bash
+sed -i "s;%%cypress_cloud_service_url%%;${{ secrets.CYPRESS_CLOUD_SERVICE_URL }};g" currents.config.js
+```
+
+You can then run parallel testing using:
+
+```yml
+strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        # run 3 copies of the current job in  parallel
+        containers: [ 1, 2, 3 ]
+```
+
+You can save the artifacts of the containers for debugging by using:
+
+```yml
+# If CI failed, upload the videos for debugging
+- name: Upload cypress video files
+if: always() # you can optionally set this to failure()
+uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+with:
+    name: cypress-videos ${{ matrix.containers }}
+    path: |
+    cypress/videos
+    cypress/screenshots
+```
+
 ## Notes
 
 **Buildjet is highly recommended**
diff --git a/docker-compose.director.yml b/docker-compose.director.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ad21a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.director.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+
+  ## ###############
+  ## Infra services
+  ## ###############
+
+  # MongoDB service, this is used by the cypress services to store data
+  mongo:
+    image: mongo:4.4
+    container_name: mongo
+    volumes:
+      - ./data/data-mongo-cypress:/data/db
+    networks:
+      - internal
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+  # Reverse proxy service, this is used to expose the cypress services to the world securely
+  swag:
+    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/swag:latest
+    container_name: swag
+    cap_add:
+      - NET_ADMIN
+    environment:
+      # Environment setup
+      - PUID=1000
+      - PGID=1000
+      - TZ=Europe/London
+      # Automatic SSL certificate provisioning
+      - URL=${PROXY_SERVER_DOMAIN}
+      - VALIDATION=http
+      - SUBDOMAINS=${PROXY_DIRECTOR_SUBDOMAIN},${PROXY_API_SUBDOMAIN},${PROXY_DASHBOARD_SUBDOMAIN}
+      - ONLY_SUBDOMAINS=true
+    volumes:
+      - ./swag:/config
+    ports:
+      - 443:443
+      - 80:80
+    depends_on:
+      - director
+      - mongo
+    networks:
+      - internal
+      - external
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+
+  ## ###############
+  ## Cypress services
+  ## ###############
+
+  # Cypress director (required)
+  # Coordinates & parallelizes tests, saves test results, this is the container that the cypress test runner connects to
+  # This is the only **required** service to run parallel tests, see: https://docs.sorry-cypress.dev/configuration/in-memory
+  director:
+    image: agoldis/sorry-cypress-director:latest
+    container_name: sorry-cypress-director
+    environment:
+      MONGODB_URI: 'mongodb://mongo:27017'
+      MONGODB_DATABASE: 'sorry-cypress'
+      EXECUTION_DRIVER: '../execution/mongo/driver'
+      GITLAB_JOB_RETRIES: 'false'
+      #S3_REGION: us-east-1 
+      PROBE_LOGGER: "false"
+    ports:
+      - 1234:1234
+    networks:
+      - internal
+    depends_on:
+      - mongo
+    restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.full.yml
similarity index 94%
rename from docker-compose.yml
rename to docker-compose.full.yml
index 9a92914..f2d8e14 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.full.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 version: '3'
 
-# Network configuration, we'll make one internal network for the cypress container, and one publicly available network for the proxy
-networks:
-  internal:
-    name: internal
-    # internal: true
-  external:
-    name: external
-
 services:
 
   ## ###############
@@ -138,4 +130,5 @@ services:
       - minio
     networks:
       - internal
+      - external # note that the dashboard requires this to make calls from the frontend
     restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/docker-compose.network.yml b/docker-compose.network.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07e22a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.network.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+version: '3'
+
+# Network configuration, we'll make one internal network for the cypress container, and one publicly available network for the proxy
+networks:
+  internal:
+    name: internal
+    internal: true
+  external:
+    name: external