diff --git a/config/podverse-db.env.example b/config/podverse-db.env.example
index b747b81e..fed977e4 100644
--- a/config/podverse-db.env.example
+++ b/config/podverse-db.env.example
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 POSTGRES_DB=postgres
 POSTGRES_USER=postgres
-POSTGRES_PASSWORD=
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpw
 PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata/
-
-POSTGRES_READ_PASSWORD=
-POSTGRES_READ_WRITE_PASSWORD=
diff --git a/config/podverse-mq.env.example b/config/podverse-mq.env.example
index 7d870b77..339c45d7 100644
--- a/config/podverse-mq.env.example
+++ b/config/podverse-mq.env.example
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-ARTEMIS_USER=
-ARTEMIS_PASSWORD=
+ARTEMIS_USER=user
+ARTEMIS_PASSWORD=mysecretpw
diff --git a/dev/local-dev-setup.md b/dev/local-dev-setup.md
index bdc33517..fb468320 100644
--- a/dev/local-dev-setup.md
+++ b/dev/local-dev-setup.md
@@ -26,21 +26,21 @@ The `v5` infrastructure is highly modularized. You will need to clone all of the
 
 I am listing them in a top-down order (ex. `podverse-helpers` is used by everything, `podverse-orm` is used by `podverse-parser` and `podverse-api` etc.):
 - [podverse-ops](https://github.com/podverse/podverse-ops/blob/v5-develop/)
-- [podverse-helpers](https://github.com/podverse/podverse-ops/blob/v5-develop/)
+- [podverse-helpers](https://github.com/podverse/podverse-helpers/blob/v5-develop/)
 - [podverse-external-services](https://github.com/podverse/podverse-external-services/blob/v5-develop/)
 - [podverse-orm](https://github.com/podverse/podverse-orm/blob/v5-develop/)
 - [podverse-parser](https://github.com/podverse/podverse-parser/blob/v5-develop/)
 - [podverse-mq](https://github.com/podverse/podverse-mq/blob/v5-develop/)
 - [podverse-api](https://github.com/podverse/podverse-api/blob/v5-develop/)
 - [podverse-web](https://github.com/podverse/podverse-web/blob/v5-develop/)
-- [podverse-workers](https://github.com/podverse/podverse-web/blob/v5-develop/)
+- [podverse-workers](https://github.com/podverse/podverse-workers/blob/v5-develop/)
 - [podverse-qa](https://github.com/podverse/podverse-qa/blob/v5-develop/)
 
 ## Environment Variables
 
 Before running a Podverse Docker service, you will need to create an enviroment variable file for it within the `podverse-ops/config` directory.
 
-Duplicate each of the `.env.example` files found within `podverse-ops/config` and add the corresponding values.
+Duplicate each of the `.env.example` files found within `podverse-ops/config` and add the corresponding values (e.g. podverse-local-api.env, etc.).
 
 The Podverse repos that run locally (the ones that don't simply need to build, but need to run) will need their own `.env` file within their project directory for local development purposes. For example, for local dev, you will need a corresponding `podverse-api/.env` file, `podverse-web/.env`, and a `podverse-workers/.env` file.
 
diff --git a/dev/npm-link-modules.sh b/dev/npm-link-modules.sh
index 894dd58b..85ab5055 100755
--- a/dev/npm-link-modules.sh
+++ b/dev/npm-link-modules.sh
@@ -24,75 +24,93 @@ echo "Clearing npm cache..."
 npm cache clean --force
 
 echo "Installing podverse-helpers dependencies..."
-cd ../podverse-helpers
+cd ../podverse-helpers || exit 1
+[ -f .nvmrc ] || { echo "Missing .nvmrc in $(pwd)"; exit 1; }
+nvm install
 nvm use
 rm -rf node_modules
 rm -rf dist
-rm package-lock.json
+rm -f package-lock.json
 npm install
 
 echo "Installing podverse-external-services dependencies..."
-cd ../podverse-external-services
+cd ../podverse-external-services || exit 1
+[ -f .nvmrc ] || { echo "Missing .nvmrc in $(pwd)"; exit 1; }
+nvm install
 nvm use
 rm -rf node_modules
 rm -rf dist
-rm package-lock.json
+rm -f package-lock.json
 npm install
 
 echo "Installing podverse-orm dependencies..."
-cd ../podverse-orm
+cd ../podverse-orm || exit 1
+[ -f .nvmrc ] || { echo "Missing .nvmrc in $(pwd)"; exit 1; }
+nvm install
 nvm use
 rm -rf node_modules
 rm -rf dist
-rm package-lock.json
+rm -f package-lock.json
 npm install
 
 echo "Installing podverse-parser dependencies..."
-cd ../podverse-parser
+cd ../podverse-parser || exit 1
+[ -f .nvmrc ] || { echo "Missing .nvmrc in $(pwd)"; exit 1; }
+nvm install
 nvm use
 rm -rf node_modules
 rm -rf dist
-rm package-lock.json
+rm -f package-lock.json
 npm install
 
 echo "Installing podverse-mq dependencies..."
-cd ../podverse-mq
+cd ../podverse-mq || exit 1
+[ -f .nvmrc ] || { echo "Missing .nvmrc in $(pwd)"; exit 1; }
+nvm install
 nvm use
 rm -rf node_modules
 rm -rf dist
-rm package-lock.json
+rm -f package-lock.json
 npm install
 
 echo "Installing podverse-workers dependencies..."
-cd ../podverse-workers
+cd ../podverse-workers || exit 1
+[ -f .nvmrc ] || { echo "Missing .nvmrc in $(pwd)"; exit 1; }
+nvm install
 nvm use
 rm -rf node_modules
 rm -rf dist
-rm package-lock.json
+rm -f package-lock.json
 npm install
 
 echo "Installing podverse-api dependencies..."
-cd ../podverse-api
+cd ../podverse-api || exit 1
+[ -f .nvmrc ] || { echo "Missing .nvmrc in $(pwd)"; exit 1; }
+nvm install
 nvm use
 rm -rf node_modules
 rm -rf dist
-rm package-lock.json
+rm -f package-lock.json
 npm install
 
 echo "Installing podverse-web dependencies..."
-cd ../podverse-web
+cd ../podverse-web || exit 1
+[ -f .nvmrc ] || { echo "Missing .nvmrc in $(pwd)"; exit 1; }
+nvm install
 nvm use
 rm -rf node_modules
 rm -rf dist
-rm package-lock.json
+rm -f package-lock.json
 npm install
 
 echo "Installing podverse-qa dependencies..."
-cd ../podverse-qa
+cd ../podverse-qa || exit 1
+[ -f .nvmrc ] || { echo "Missing .nvmrc in $(pwd)"; exit 1; }
+nvm install
 nvm use
 rm -rf node_modules
 rm -rf dist
-rm package-lock.json
+rm -f package-lock.json
 npm install
 
 # Link dependencies to npm
diff --git a/docker-compose/local/db/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose/local/db/docker-compose.yml
index e3775eda..35fec32b 100644
--- a/docker-compose/local/db/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/local/db/docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ services:
     networks:
       - podverse_local_network
     volumes:
-      - podverse_local_db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - podverse_local_db_data:/var/lib/postgresql
       - ../../../database/combined/init_database.sql:/opt/database/combined/init_database.sql
       - ../../../database/init-scripts/01-create-users.sh:/opt/database/init-scripts/01-create-users.sh
     command: >