diff --git a/bookstack/sample.env b/bookstack/sample.env
index 8cb6a6f..9500d5b 100644
--- a/bookstack/sample.env
+++ b/bookstack/sample.env
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 COOKBOOK=/git/docker-compose-cookbooks #HELP: cookbooks
+VOL_CONFIG_PATH=./config #HELP: configpath
+VOL_PATH=./data #HELP: volpath
 
-# bookstack
+# Bookstack
 BOOKSTACK_APP_KEY=APP_KEY #HELP: gen32
 BOOKSTACK_APP_TIMEZONE=America/Vancouver
 BOOKSTACK_APP_URL=http://localhost:8248
@@ -10,5 +12,3 @@ BOOKSTACK_DB_PASSWORD=dbpass #HELP: gen32
 BOOKSTACK_DB_USERNAME=dbuser
 BOOKSTACK_IMAGE=solidnerd/bookstack:latest
 BOOKSTACK_REVISION_LIMIT=false
-VOL_CONFIG_PATH=./config #HELP: configpath
-VOL_PATH=./data #HELP: volpath
diff --git a/monica/README.md b/monica/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e23411c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monica/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Monica Personal CRM
+
+Last Updated: Thu August 08, 2024 14:51:09 PDT
+
+## Overview
+
+Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/_/monica
+Project: https://www.monicahq.com/
+Proxy Port: 9000
+
+## Description
+
+Personal Customer Relationship Manager
+
+## Notes
+
+Importing directly to the db (phpmydadmin)
+you have to run the following in the container: ```php artisan bookstack:regenerate-permissions```
+
+### Sample ENV
+
+https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monicahq/monica/master/.env.example
diff --git a/monica/docker-compose.yml b/monica/docker-compose.yml
index ce8ca5d..7acfd7f 100644
--- a/monica/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/monica/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,48 +1,13 @@
-################################################################################
-# MONICA_
-# TODO: this isn't working, it won't grab the DB host name
-# I think you have to build it with the env file
-#
-# make sure you use the $PREFIX from .env for project_name
-# docker-compose -p project_name up -d
-#
-# Importing directly to the db (phpmydadmin)
-# you have to run the following in the container:
-# php artisan bookstack:regenerate-permissions
-#
-# Version 1
-################################################################################
-version: "3.4"
-
-volumes:
-  monica-db:
-  monica:
-
-networks:
-  admin_web:
-    external:
-      name: admin_web
+version: '3.8'
 
 services:
-    monica-db:
-    image: mariadb:latest
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    volumes:
-      - ./data/monica-db:/var/lib/mysql
-    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --binlog-format=ROW --innodb-file-per-table=1 --skip-innodb-read-only-compressed
-    environment:
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: changeme
-      MYSQL_USER: monica
-      MYSQL_PASSWORD: changeme
-      MYSQL_DATABASE: monica
-
   monica:
-    image: monica:latest
+    image: ${MONICA_IMAGE:-latest}
     restart: unless-stopped
-    volumes:
-      - ./data/monica:/var/www/html/storage
     environment:
-      DB_HOST: monica-db
-      DB_USERNAME: monica
-      DB_PASSWORD: changeme
-      APP_ENV: production
\ No newline at end of file
+      - DB_HOST=${MONICA_DB_HOST:-monica-db}
+      - DB_USERNAME=${MONICA_DB_USERNAME:-monica}
+      - DB_PASSWORD=${MONICA_DB_PASSWORD:-changeme}
+      - APP_ENV=${MONICA_APP_ENV:-production}
+    volumes:
+      - ${VOL_PATH}/monica:/var/www/html/storage
diff --git a/monica/env-sample b/monica/env-sample
deleted file mode 100644
index 7056171..0000000
--- a/monica/env-sample
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,180 +0,0 @@
-# Grab the defaul env here:
-# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monicahq/monica/master/.env.example
-
-# Two choices: local|production. Use local if you want to install Monica as a
-# development version. Use production otherwise.
-APP_ENV=production
-
-# true if you want to show debug information on errors. For production, put this
-# to false.
-APP_DEBUG=true
-
-# The encryption key. This is the most important part of the application. Keep
-# this secure otherwise, everyone will be able to access your application.
-# Must be 32 characters long exactly.
-# Use `php artisan key:generate` or `pwgen -s 32 1` to generate a random key.
-APP_KEY=tIUqHiirV6wQ9uPRPy7IV2YNELovDgnr
-
-# Prevent information leakage by referring to IDs with hashIds instead of
-# the actual IDs used in the database.
-HASH_SALT=ABCDEeMeBy20+KeyLength
-HASH_LENGTH=18
-
-# The URL of your application.
-APP_URL=http://localhost
-
-# Database information
-# To keep this information secure, we urge you to change the default password
-DB_CONNECTION=mysql
-DB_HOST=p1_monica-db_1
-DB_PORT=3306
-# You can use mysql unix socket if available, it overrides DB_HOST and DB_PORT values.
-#DB_UNIX_SOCKET=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
-DB_DATABASE=monica
-DB_USERNAME=homestead
-DB_PASSWORD=Again2ASecurepass!
-DB_PREFIX=
-DB_TEST_HOST=p1_monica-db_1
-DB_TEST_DATABASE=monica_test
-DB_TEST_USERNAME=homestead
-DB_TEST_PASSWORD=Again2ASecurepass!
-
-# Use utf8mb4 database charset format to support emoji characters
-# ⚠ be sure your DBMS supports utf8mb4 format
-DB_USE_UTF8MB4=true
-
-# Mail credentials used to send emails from the application.
-MAIL_MAILER=smtp
-MAIL_HOST=mailtrap.io
-MAIL_PORT=2525
-MAIL_USERNAME=
-MAIL_PASSWORD=
-MAIL_ENCRYPTION=
-# Outgoing emails will be sent with these identity
-MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=
-MAIL_FROM_NAME="Monica instance"
-# New registration notification sent to this email
-APP_EMAIL_NEW_USERS_NOTIFICATION=
-
-# Ability to disable signups on your instance.
-# Can be true or false. Default to false.
-APP_DISABLE_SIGNUP=true
-
-# Enable user email verification.
-APP_SIGNUP_DOUBLE_OPTIN=false
-
-# Set trusted proxy IP addresses.
-# To trust all proxies that connect directly to your server, use a "*".
-# To trust one or more specific proxies that connect directly to your server,
-# use a comma separated list of IP addresses.
-APP_TRUSTED_PROXIES=
-
-# Enable automatic cloudflare trusted proxy discover
-APP_TRUSTED_CLOUDFLARE=false
-
-# Frequency of creation of new log files. Logs are written when an error occurs.
-# Refer to config/logging.php for the possible values.
-LOG_CHANNEL=daily
-
-# Error tracking. Specific to hosted version on .com. You probably don't need
-# those.
-SENTRY_SUPPORT=false
-SENTRY_LARAVEL_DSN=
-
-# Send a daily ping to https://version.monicahq.com to check if a new version
-# is available. When a new version is detected, you will have a message in the
-# UI, as well as the release notes for the new changes. Can be true or false.
-# Default to true.
-CHECK_VERSION=true
-
-# Cache, session, and queue parameters
-# ⚠ Change this only if you know what you are doing
-#. Cache: database, file, memcached, redis, dynamodb
-#. Session: file, cookie, database, apc, memcached, redis, array
-#. Queue: sync, database, beanstalkd, sqs, redis
-#  If Queue is not set to 'sync', you'll have to set a queue worker
-#  See https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/queues#running-the-queue-worker
-CACHE_DRIVER=database
-SESSION_DRIVER=file
-SESSION_LIFETIME=120
-QUEUE_CONNECTION=sync
-
-# If you use redis, set the redis host or ip, like:
-#REDIS_HOST=redis
-
-# Maximum allowed size for uploaded files, in kilobytes.
-# Make sure this is an integer, without commas or spaces.
-DEFAULT_MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE=10240
-
-# Maximum allowed storage size per account, in megabytes.
-# Make sure this is an integer, without commas or spaces.
-DEFAULT_MAX_STORAGE_SIZE=512
-
-# Default filesystem to store uploaded files.
-# Possible values: public|s3
-DEFAULT_FILESYSTEM=public
-
-# AWS keys for S3 when using this storage method
-AWS_KEY=
-AWS_SECRET=
-AWS_REGION=us-east-1
-AWS_BUCKET=
-AWS_SERVER=
-
-# Allow Two Factor Authentication feature on your instance
-MFA_ENABLED=true
-
-# Enable DAV support
-DAV_ENABLED=true
-
-# CLIENT ID and SECRET used for the official mobile application
-# This is to make sure that only the mobile application that you approve can
-# access the route to let your users sign in with their credentials
-# Note: the official mobile application is not currently available on the stores.
-MOBILE_CLIENT_ID=
-MOBILE_CLIENT_SECRET=
-
-# Allow to access general statistics about your instance through a public API
-# call
-ALLOW_STATISTICS_THROUGH_PUBLIC_API_ACCESS=false
-
-# Indicates that each user in the instance must comply to international policies
-# like CASL or GDPR
-POLICY_COMPLIANT=true
-
-# Enable geolocation services
-# This is used to translate addresses to GPS coordinates.
-ENABLE_GEOLOCATION=false
-
-# API key for geolocation services
-# We use LocationIQ (https://locationiq.com/) to translate addresses to
-# latitude/longitude coordinates. We could use Google instead but we don't
-# want to give anything to Google, ever.
-# LocationIQ offers 10,000 free requests per day.
-LOCATION_IQ_API_KEY=
-
-# Enable weather on contact profile page
-# Weather can only be fetched if we know longitude/latitude - this is why
-# you also need to activate the geolocation service above to make it work
-ENABLE_WEATHER=false
-
-# Access to weather data from darksky api
-# https://darksky.net/dev/register
-# Darksky provides an api with 1000 free API calls per day
-# You need to enable the weather above if you provide an API key here.
-DARKSKY_API_KEY=
-
-
-#################################################################################
-
-# Domains & Project
-PREFIX=p1
-MONICA_DOMAIN_NAME=family.nickyeoman.com
-
-# Passwords
-MONICA_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=ChangeMe2ASecurepass!
-MONICA_MYSQL_PASSWORD=Again2ASecurepass!
-
-# Software versions
-DB_V=10.4.11
-MONICA_V=v2.17.0
diff --git a/monica/sample-extends.yml b/monica/sample-extends.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a336d7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monica/sample-extends.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+version: '3.4'
+
+services:
+  monica:
+    extends:
+      file: ${COOKBOOK}/monica/docker-compose.yml
+      service: monica
+
+  monica-db:
+    extends:
+      file: ${COOKBOOK}/mariadb/docker-compose.yml
+      service: mariadb
+    command: --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --binlog-format=ROW --innodb-file-per-table=1 --skip-innodb-read-only-compressed
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/monica/sample.env b/monica/sample.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9e60c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monica/sample.env
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+COOKBOOK=/git/docker-compose-cookbooks #HELP: cookbooks
+VOL_PATH=./data #HELP: volpath
+
+# Monica
+MONICA_IMAGE=monica:latest
+MONICA_DB_HOST=monica-db
+MONICA_DB_USERNAME=monica
+MONICA_DB_PASSWORD=changeme
+MONICA_APP_ENV=production
diff --git a/piwigo/sample-extends.yml b/piwigo/sample-extends.yml
index 6795d27..b7b1637 100644
--- a/piwigo/sample-extends.yml
+++ b/piwigo/sample-extends.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ services:
       file: ${COOKBOOK}/piwigo/docker-compose.yml
       service: piwigo
 
-piwigo-db:
-  extends:
-    file: ${COOKBOOK}/mariadb/docker-compose.yml
-    service: mariadb
-  command: --max_allowed_packet=32505856
-  
\ No newline at end of file
+  piwigo-db:
+    extends:
+      file: ${COOKBOOK}/mariadb/docker-compose.yml
+      service: mariadb
+    command: --max_allowed_packet=32505856
+    
\ No newline at end of file