diff --git a/HACKING/README.md b/HACKING/README.md
index f89af9b..4e234e6 100644
--- a/HACKING/README.md
+++ b/HACKING/README.md
@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@ ssh example@dev-server.csh.rit.edu -L 8000:localhost:8000
 
 3. Run it. This sets up redis, postgres, rq, and proxstar.
 
-```
-podman run --rm -d --network=proxstar --name=proxstar-redis redis:alpine
-podman run --rm -d --network=proxstar --name=proxstar-postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=changeme -v ./HACKING/proxstar-postgres/volume:/var/lib/postgresql/data:Z proxstar-postgres
-podman run --rm -d --network=proxstar --name=proxstar-rq-scheduler  --env-file=HACKING/.env --entrypoint ./start_scheduler.sh proxstar
-podman run --rm -d --network=proxstar --name=proxstar-rq  --env-file=HACKING/.env --entrypoint ./start_worker.sh proxstar
-podman run --rm -d --network=proxstar --name=proxstar -p 8000:8000 --env-file=HACKING/.env proxstar
-```
+`./HACKING/launch_env.sh`
+
+4. To stop all containers, use the provided script
+
+`./HACKING/stop_env.sh`
diff --git a/HACKING/launch_env.sh b/HACKING/launch_env.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a22a1b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HACKING/launch_env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+podman run --rm -d --network=proxstar --name=proxstar-redis redis:alpine
+podman run --rm -d --network=proxstar --name=proxstar-postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=changeme -v ./HACKING/proxstar-postgres/volume:/var/lib/postgresql/data:Z proxstar-postgres
+podman run --rm -d --network=proxstar --name=proxstar-rq-scheduler  --env-file=HACKING/.env --entrypoint ./start_scheduler.sh proxstar
+podman run --rm -d --network=proxstar --name=proxstar-rq  --env-file=HACKING/.env --entrypoint ./start_worker.sh proxstar
+podman run --rm -d --network=proxstar --name=proxstar -p 8000:8000 --env-file=HACKING/.env --entrypoint='["python3", "wsgi.py"]' proxstar
diff --git a/HACKING/stop_env.sh b/HACKING/stop_env.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4e29fa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HACKING/stop_env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+podman stop proxstar
+podman stop proxstar-rq
+podman stop proxstar-rq-scheduler
+podman stop proxstar-redis
+podman stop proxstar-postgres