diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 69007a3..8863568 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ management tool for equipment and book rental
 
 ## Development environment
 
-### Setup with docker and docker-compose
+### Setup with docker (compose)
 
 #### First Up (or entirely rebuild)
 
@@ -38,3 +38,14 @@ $ docker compose -f docker/test/docker-compose.yml up --abort-on-container-exit
 
 `docker compose down -v`
 
+### Setup VSCode
+
+write it down in your `.vscode/settings.json`
+
+```json
+{
+  "go.testEnvVars": {
+    "MYSQL_DATABASE": "test"
+  }
+}
+```
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c16b91c..77c9f8d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ services:
       MYSQL_USERNAME: root
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: password
     volumes:
-      - booq-db:/var/lib/mysql
       - ./docker/init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init.sql
     expose:
       - '3306'
@@ -31,8 +30,6 @@ services:
       MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD: password
       MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: minio_access_key
       MINIO_SECRET_KEY: minio_secret_key
-    volumes:
-      - booq-s3:/data
   s3-init:
     image: minio/mc
     depends_on:
@@ -81,7 +78,3 @@ services:
     restart: always
     ports:
       - 8000:8080
-
-volumes:
-  booq-db:
-  booq-s3:
diff --git a/docker/init.sql b/docker/init.sql
index 1bca0ce..de8fcbe 100644
--- a/docker/init.sql
+++ b/docker/init.sql
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ SET
 
 SET
   collation_server = 'utf8mb4_general_ci';
+
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `test`;
diff --git a/router/item_test.go b/router/items_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from router/item_test.go
rename to router/items_test.go