diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5a99251..504c3db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The base configuration, described with `docker-compose.yml`, is simply SynBioHub
 
 To run the base configuration:
 1. Open terminal
-2. `git clone https://github.com/synbiohub/synbiohub2-docker`
+2. `git clone -b snapshot https://github.com/synbiohub/synbiohub2-docker`
 3. `docker-compose -f ./synbiohub2-docker/docker-compose.yml up`
 
 ### With Explorer
diff --git a/docker-compose.explorer.yml b/docker-compose.explorer.yml
index 22dd968..06b7aeb 100644
--- a/docker-compose.explorer.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.explorer.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ version: '3.2'
 services:
     explorer:
         image: myersresearchgroup/sbolexplorer:snapshot-synbiohub
+        privileged: true 
         ports:
             - "13162:13162"
         depends_on:
             - elasticsearch
-            - synbiohub3
+            - synbiohub
+            - synbiohubFrontend
         dns: 8.8.8.8
         volumes:
             - type: volume
@@ -15,10 +17,14 @@ services:
               target: /mnt
     elasticsearch:
         image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:6.3.2
+        depends_on: 
+            - virtuoso
         ports:
             - "9200:9200"
         volumes:
-            - esdata:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
+            - type: volume
+              source: esdata
+              target: /usr/share/elasticsearch/data
 
 volumes:
     esdata:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8de2f6d..461406d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
     virtuoso:
-        image: tenforce/virtuoso:virtuoso7.2.5
+        image: askomics/virtuoso:7.2.14
         environment:
             - VIRT_SPARQL_MaxQueryCostEstimationTime=default
             - VIRT_SPARQL_MaxQueryExecutionTime=300
-            - VIRT_Parameters_ServerThreads=30
-            - VIRT_HTTPServer_ServerThreads=300
+            - VIRT_Parameters_ServerThreads=100
+            - VIRT_HTTPServer_ServerThreads=100
         volumes: 
             - type: volume
               source: virtuoso-db1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ services:
             - backend=http://localhost:7777
             - backendSS=http://synbiohub:7777
     synbiohub:
-        image: synbiohub/synbiohub:1.6.1-standalone
+        image: synbiohub/synbiohub:snapshot-standalone
         depends_on: 
             - virtuoso
         ports: