diff --git a/backend/_example/memory_store/README.md b/backend/_example/memory_store/README.md
index 475703a4..c2904233 100644
--- a/backend/_example/memory_store/README.md
+++ b/backend/_example/memory_store/README.md
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 In order to run remark42 with memory_store copy provided `compose-dev-memstore.yml` to the root directory and run:
 
-1. docker-compose -f compose-dev-memstore.yml build
-1. docker-compose -f compose-dev-memstore.yml up
+1. `docker-compose -f compose-dev-memstore.yml build`
+1. `docker-compose -f compose-dev-memstore.yml up`
 
 As usual, demo site will run on http://127.0.0.1:8080/web/
 
-note: in order to work with the latest (current) version of master `go.mod` uses replacement directive for the backend package
-. In real-life usage `replace github.com/umputun/remark/backend => ../../`  should not be used. 
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+note: in order to work with the latest (current) version of master `go.mod` uses replacement directive for the backend package.
+In real-life usage `replace github.com/umputun/remark/backend => ../../`  should not be used. 
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diff --git a/backend/_example/memory_store/compose-dev-memstore.yml b/backend/_example/memory_store/compose-dev-memstore.yml
index b3ac407d..6d4d5045 100644
--- a/backend/_example/memory_store/compose-dev-memstore.yml
+++ b/backend/_example/memory_store/compose-dev-memstore.yml
@@ -7,16 +7,22 @@ services:
 
   remark42:
     build:
-      context: .
+      context: ../../..
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
       args:
         - SKIP_BACKEND_TEST=true
         - SKIP_FRONTEND_TEST=true
     image: umputun/remark42:dev
-    container_name: "remark42"
-    hostname: "remark42"
+    container_name: "remark42-dev"
+    hostname: "remark42-dev"
     restart: always
 
+    logging:
+      driver: json-file
+      options:
+        max-size: "10m"
+        max-file: "5"
+
     ports:
       - "8080:8080" # primary rest server
       - "8084:8084" # local oauth2 server
@@ -36,13 +42,23 @@ services:
       - IMAGE_TYPE=rpc
       - IMAGE_RPC_API=http://mem_store.r42:8080/cmd
 
+    volumes:
+      - ../../../var:/srv/var
+
   mem_store.r42:
     image: umputun/mem_store.r42
     build:
-      context: .
+      context: ../../..
       dockerfile: backend/_example/memory_store/Dockerfile
     container_name: "mem_store.r42"
     hostname: "mem_store.r42"
+
+    logging:
+      driver: json-file
+      options:
+        max-size: "10m"
+        max-file: "5"
+
     environment:
       - API=/cmd
       - SECRET=123456
diff --git a/backend/_example/memory_store/main.go b/backend/_example/memory_store/main.go
index 8dfc0af1..b7751c91 100644
--- a/backend/_example/memory_store/main.go
+++ b/backend/_example/memory_store/main.go
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ func main() {
 	srv := server.NewRPC(dataStore, adminStore, imgStore, &rpcServer)
 
 	admRec := accessor.AdminRec{
-		SiteID: "remark",
-		IDs:    []string{"dev_user"},
-		Email:  "admin@example.com",
+		SiteID:  "remark",
+		Enabled: true,
+		IDs:     []string{"dev_user"},
+		Email:   "admin@example.com",
 	}
 	adminStore.Set("remark", admRec)