diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7c62001..45cd98b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ services:
     # mongo 5 requires avx support so if the machine is not capable of avx support use mongo4
     # NOTE: mongo 4 shell uses mongo and mongo 5 uses mongosh!
     #       These need to be changed accordingly in the health check and the mongosetup.sh file for the container mongo-init
+    image: mongo:5
     #image: mongo:4
-    image: mongo:4
     restart: always
     environment:
       - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=${USER}
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ services:
       - ./portfolio/mongo/db_backups:/db_backups
     healthcheck:
       # mongo 5
-      #test: echo 'rs.status().ok' | mongosh --host mongo:27017 -u $${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME} -p $${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD} --quiet | grep 1
+      test: echo 'rs.status().ok' | mongosh --host mongo:27017 -u $${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME} -p $${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD} --quiet | grep 1
       # mongo 4
-      test: echo 'rs.status().ok' | mongo --host mongo:27017 -u $${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME} -p $${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD} --quiet | grep 1
+      #test: echo 'rs.status().ok' | mongo --host mongo:27017 -u $${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME} -p $${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD} --quiet | grep 1
       interval: 15s
       start_period: 20s
 
@@ -118,11 +118,17 @@ services:
     image: mongo:5
     restart: on-failure
     volumes:
-      - ./portfolio/mongo/scripts/mongosetup.sh:/scripts/mongosetup.sh
+      # mongo 5
+      - ./portfolio/mongo/scripts/mongo5setup.sh:/scripts/mongo5setup.sh
+      # mongo 4
+      #- ./portfolio/mongo/scripts/mongo4setup.sh:/scripts/mongo4setup.sh
       # these two are necessary otherwise they get created again as anonymous volumes
       - ./portfolio/mongo/data/db:/data/db
       - ./portfolio/mongo/data/configdb:/data/configdb
-    entrypoint: ["bash", "/scripts/mongosetup.sh" ]
+    # mongo 5
+    entrypoint: ["bash", "/scripts/mongo5setup.sh" ]
+    # mongo 4
+    #entrypoint: ["bash", "/scripts/mongo4setup.sh" ]
     environment:
       - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=${USER}
       - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=${PASSWORD}
@@ -158,6 +164,7 @@ services:
   restheart:
     image: softinstigate/restheart:7
     container_name: restheart
+    # NOTE: the api_admin endpoint only works locally
     environment:
       - RHO=
         /mongo/mongo-mounts[1]->{'where':'/api','what':'portfolio'};
diff --git a/portfolio/mongo/scripts/mongo4setup.sh b/portfolio/mongo/scripts/mongo4setup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..707bf52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/portfolio/mongo/scripts/mongo4setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+echo "**********************************************"
+echo "Waiting for startup.."
+sleep 15
+echo "done"
+
+echo SETUP.sh time now: `date +"%T" `
+
+mongo --host mongo:27017 -u ${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME} -p ${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD} <<EOF
+
+var cfg = {
+    "_id": "rs0",
+    "protocolVersion": 1,
+    "version": 1,
+    "members": [
+        {
+            "_id": 0,
+            "host": "mongo:27017",
+            "priority": 2
+        }
+    ]
+};
+rs.initiate(cfg, { force: true });
+rs.secondaryOk();
+db.getMongo().setReadPref('primary');
+rs.status();
+EOF
diff --git a/portfolio/mongo/scripts/mongosetup.sh b/portfolio/mongo/scripts/mongo5setup.sh
similarity index 82%
rename from portfolio/mongo/scripts/mongosetup.sh
rename to portfolio/mongo/scripts/mongo5setup.sh
index 2813f68..fa116ef 100644
--- a/portfolio/mongo/scripts/mongosetup.sh
+++ b/portfolio/mongo/scripts/mongo5setup.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ echo "done"
 
 echo SETUP.sh time now: `date +"%T" `
 
-# mongo 5
-#mongosh --host mongo:27017 -u ${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME} -p ${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD} <<EOF
-
-# mongo 4
 mongosh --host mongo:27017 -u ${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME} -p ${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD} <<EOF
 
 var cfg = {