diff --git a/apps/api/.env.manual b/apps/api/.env.manual
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e44efb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/.env.manual
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+PORT=4000
+NODE_ENV='development'
+SWAP_GRPC_URL='0.0.0.0:4040'
+REDIS_HOST='0.0.0.0'
+REDIS_PORT=6379
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/swap/.env.manual b/apps/swap/.env.manual
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index 0000000..8a981b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/swap/.env.manual
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+NODE_ENV='development'
+SWAP_GRPC_URL='0.0.0.0:4040'
+REDIS_HOST='0.0.0.0'
+REDIS_PORT='6379'
+MOCK_BTC_KES_RATE='8708520.117232416'
+# CURRENCY_API_KEY='foo-bar-baz'
+DATABASE_URL=postgresql://bs:password@0.0.0.0:5432/swap
+INTASEND_PUBLIC_KEY=ISPubKey_test_925ab885-f06d-4ace-8507-4186413a59a4
+INTASEND_PRIVATE_KEY=ISSecretKey_test_3d887e44-33c4-4455-978e-d2ae7b10907d
+FEDIMINT_CLIENTD_BASE_URL=http://0.0.0.0:7070
+FEDIMINT_CLIENTD_PASSWORD=fmcdpass
+FEDIMINT_FEDERATION_ID=596ab5a5456376f925d145a2ef038cc5a70b99be7d2d0eb30feca5e849ecd351
+FEDIMINT_GATEWAY_ID=03187672262e17300f4822bb64c18ef74a266ebe1780631543b188537f9cf4a904
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index 5a3b5e0..b8b48ed 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ services:
     restart: always
     depends_on:
       - postgres
-      - swap
     env_file:
       - ./apps/api/.env
     ports:
diff --git a/scripts/api.manual.dev.sh b/scripts/api.manual.dev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3f47fbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/api.manual.dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+docker compose -f compose.yml -p os up -d postgres redis swap-clientd
+bunx dotenv -e apps/api/.env.manual bun run dev api -- --trace-deprecation
diff --git a/scripts/swap.manual.dev.sh b/scripts/swap.manual.dev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fae4122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/swap.manual.dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+docker compose -f compose.yml -p os up -d api postgres redis swap-clientd
+bunx dotenv -e apps/swap/.env.manual bun run dev swap -- --trace-deprecation