diff --git a/Docker.mk b/Docker.mk
index da3b879..e6f820b 100644
--- a/Docker.mk
+++ b/Docker.mk
@@ -6,23 +6,33 @@
 #    By: maiboyer <maiboyer@student.42.fr>          +#+  +:+       +#+         #
 #                                                 +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+            #
 #    Created: 2025/06/11 18:10:26 by maiboyer          #+#    #+#              #
-#    Updated: 2025/11/19 13:52:55 by nrobinso         ###   ########.fr        #
+#    Updated: 2025/12/12 14:56:10 by maiboyer         ###   ########.fr        #
 #                                                                              #
 # **************************************************************************** #
 
 .PHONY: logs
 
+# TODO: REMOVE THIS BEFORE LAUNCH
+# this allows the us to only start the non-monitoring sercices
+DOCKER_SERVICE=        \
+			  auth     \
+			  chat     \
+			  frontend \
+			  nginx    \
+			  user     \
+
+
 all: build
-	docker compose up -d
+	docker compose up -d $(DOCKER_SERVICE)
 
 logs:
-	docker compose logs -f chat auth icons nginx
+	docker compose logs -f
 
 down:
 	docker compose down
 
 build:
-	docker compose build
+	docker compose build $(DOCKER_SERVICE)
 
 re:
 	$(MAKE) -f ./Docker.mk clean
@@ -40,24 +50,3 @@ prune: clean
 	-docker volume  prune
 	-docker network prune
 	-docker system  prune -a
-
-ES_URL     ?= http://local.maix.me:9200
-KIBANA_URL ?= http://local.maix.me:5601
-
-logs-setup:
-	@until curl -s "$(ES_URL)" > /dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 1; done;
-
-	@curl -s -X PUT "$(ES_URL)/_ilm/policy/docker-logs-policy" \
-	  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-	  -d '{"policy":{"phases":{"hot":{"actions":{}},"delete":{"min_age":"7d","actions":{"delete":{}}}}}}' > /dev/null
-
-	@curl -s -X PUT "$(ES_URL)/_template/docker-logs-template" \
-	  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-	  -d '{"index_patterns":["docker-*"],"settings":{"index.lifecycle.name":"docker-logs-policy"}}' > /dev/null
-
-	@until curl -s "$(KIBANA_URL)/api/status" > /dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 1; done;
-
-	@curl -s -X POST "$(KIBANA_URL)/api/saved_objects/index-pattern/docker-logs" \
-	  -H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
-	  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-	  -d '{"attributes":{"title":"docker-*","timeFieldName":"@timestamp"}}' > /dev/null
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fcfe00a..53e38e8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #    By: rparodi <rparodi@student.42.fr>            +#+  +:+       +#+         #
 #                                                 +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+            #
 #    Created: 2023/11/12 11:05:05 by rparodi           #+#    #+#              #
-#    Updated: 2025/11/24 17:02:33 by maiboyer         ###   ########.fr        #
+#    Updated: 2025/12/12 14:55:40 by maiboyer         ###   ########.fr        #
 #                                                                              #
 # **************************************************************************** #
 
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ header:
 	@$(ECHO) -e '$(GOLD)              ******    ******* ****** $(END)'
 	@$(ECHO) -e '$(GOLD)              ******                   $(END)'
 	@$(ECHO) -e '$(GOLD)              ******                   $(END)'
-	@$(ECHO) -e '$(GREY)            Made by maiboyerlpb x bebou$(END)'
-	@$(ECHO) -e '$(GREY)                    minou x dumbaless  $(END)'
+	@$(ECHO) -e '$(GREY)                                       $(END)'
+	@$(ECHO) -e '$(GREY)                                       $(END)'
 	@$(ECHO) -e -n $(MSG);
 
 PROJECT__NAME = $(CYAN)$(BOLD)$(UNDERLINE)FT_TRANSCENDENCE$(END)$(GOLD)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 33f54fb..58ce40a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ services:
     volumes:
       # if you need to share files with nginx, you do it here.
       - static-volume:/volumes/static
-      - images-volume:/volumes/icons
     environment:
       # this can stay the same for developpement. This is an alias to `localhost`
       - NGINX_DOMAIN=local.maix.me
@@ -281,7 +280,6 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
 
 volumes:
-  images-volume:
   sqlite-volume:
   static-volume:
   grafana-data:
diff --git a/nginx/conf/locations/icons.conf b/nginx/conf/locations/icons.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 3af075e..0000000
--- a/nginx/conf/locations/icons.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#forward the post request to the microservice
-location /api/icons/set/ {
-	rewrite ^/api/icons/set/(.*) $1  break;
-	proxy_pass http://icons/$uri;
-}
-
-#handle the get request with nginx, since it does this well
-location /api/icons/get/ {
-	rewrite ^/api/icons/get/(.*) /$1  break;
-	root /volumes/icons;
-}