diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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-
-services:
-  reproxy:
-    build: .
-    image: umputun/reproxy:master
-    hostname: "reproxy"
-    ports:
-      - "80:8080"
-    volumes:
-      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
-    environment:
-      - LISTEN=0.0.0.0:8080
-      - DOCKER_ENABLED=true
-      - DOCKER_NETWORK=reproxy_default
-      - ASSETS_LOCATION=/web
-      - DEBUG=true
-
-  svc1:
-    image: python:3-alpine
-    hostname: svc1
-    ports:
-      - "9091"
-    command: python3 -m http.server 9091
-
-  svc2:
-    image: python:3-alpine
-    hostname: svc2
-    ports:
-      - "9092"
-    command: python3 -m http.server 9092
-
-  whoami:
-    image: 'containous/whoami'
-    container_name: whoami
-    labels:
-      reproxy.server: '*'
-      reproxy.route: '^/whoami/(.*)'
-      reproxy.dest: '/$$1'
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diff --git a/examples/docker/docker-compose.yml b/examples/docker/docker-compose.yml
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+# run this example as docker-compose up and try to hit containers:
+#  curl http://localhost/api/svc1/123
+#  curl http://localhost/api/svc2/345
+#  curl http://localhost/whoami/test
+# also try assets server:
+#  curl http://localhost/1.html
+#  curl http://localhost/
+
+services:
+  reproxy:
+    build: .
+    image: umputun/reproxy:master
+    container_name: reproxy
+    hostname: reproxy
+    ports:
+      - "80:8080"
+    volumes:
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+      - ./web:/web
+    environment:
+      - LISTEN=0.0.0.0:8080
+      - DOCKER_ENABLED=true
+      - ASSETS_LOCATION=/web
+      - DEBUG=true
+
+  svc1:
+    image: hashicorp/http-echo
+    hostname: svc1
+    container_name: svc1
+    command: -text="hello world from svc1"
+
+  svc2:
+    image: hashicorp/http-echo
+    hostname: svc2
+    container_name: svc2
+    command: -text="hello world from svc2"
+
+  whoami:
+    image: 'containous/whoami'
+    hostname: whoami
+    container_name: whoami
+    labels:
+      reproxy.server: '*'
+      reproxy.route: '^/whoami/(.*)'
+      reproxy.dest: '/$$1'
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diff --git a/examples/docker/web/1.html b/examples/docker/web/1.html
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+1.html
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diff --git a/examples/docker/web/index.html b/examples/docker/web/index.html
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+index
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