diff --git a/cli/src/helpers.rs b/cli/src/helpers.rs
index 235e007b7..b2ecd8f6e 100644
--- a/cli/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/cli/src/helpers.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pub fn gen_core_config(sub_matches: &ArgMatches) {
     let mongo_uri = sub_matches
         .get_one::<String>("mongo_uri")
         .map(|p| p.as_str())
-        .unwrap_or("mongodb://mongo")
+        .unwrap_or("mongodb://monitor-mongo")
         .to_string();
 
     let mongo_db_name = sub_matches
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 59903da69..6bdfe279d 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fn cli() -> Command {
                                 .required(false)
                         )
                         .arg(
-                            arg!(--mongo_uri <URI> "sets the mongo uri to use. default is 'mongodb://mongo'")
+                            arg!(--mongo_uri <URI> "sets the mongo uri to use. default is 'mongodb://monitor-mongo'")
                                 .required(false)
                         )
                         .arg(
diff --git a/core/src/config.rs b/core/src/config.rs
index b78a5231f..46f2873df 100644
--- a/core/src/config.rs
+++ b/core/src/config.rs
@@ -13,14 +13,9 @@ pub fn load() -> CoreConfig {
     dotenv().ok();
     let env: Env = envy::from_env().expect("failed to parse environment variables");
     let config = parse_config_file(&env.config_path).expect("failed to parse config");
-    print_startup_log(&config);
     config
 }
 
-fn print_startup_log(config: &CoreConfig) {
-    println!("starting monitor core on port {}", config.port);
-}
-
 pub fn default_config_path() -> String {
     "/config/config.toml".to_string()
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main.rs b/core/src/main.rs
index 243be6944..9ca58535b 100644
--- a/core/src/main.rs
+++ b/core/src/main.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ mod ws;
 async fn main() {
     let config = config::load();
 
+    println!("starting monitor core on port {}...", config.port);
+
     let app = Router::new()
         .nest("/api", api::router())
         .nest("/auth", auth::router(&config))
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@ async fn main() {
         .layer(JwtClient::extension(&config))
         .layer(State::extension(config.clone()).await);
 
+    println!("started monitor core on port {}", config.port);
+
     axum::Server::bind(&get_socket_addr(config.port))
         .serve(app.into_make_service())
         .await
diff --git a/tests/src/main.rs b/tests/src/main.rs
index 0304e1160..75ef05c60 100644
--- a/tests/src/main.rs
+++ b/tests/src/main.rs
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     let start_ts = unix_timestamp_ms();
 
-    let (server, deployment, build) = create_test_setup(&monitor, "test").await?;
+    // let (server, deployment, build) = create_test_setup(&monitor, "test").await?;
 
     let server_stats = get_server_stats(&monitor).await?;
     println!("server stats:\n{server_stats:#?}\n");
 
-    let (update, container) = deploy_mongo(&monitor).await?;
-    println!(
-        "mongo deploy update:\n{update:#?}\n\ncontainer: {:#?}\n",
-        container.container
-    );
+    // let (update, container) = deploy_mongo(&monitor).await?;
+    // println!(
+    //     "mongo deploy update:\n{update:#?}\n\ncontainer: {:#?}\n",
+    //     container.container
+    // );
 
     // let update = test_build(&monitor).await?;
     // println!("build update:\n{update:#?}");