diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 99c3adc..d77ce74 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -74,3 +74,8 @@ selfcheck: ## check that the Makefile is well-formed
 
 pylintrc: ## check that the Makefile is well-formed
 	edx_lint write pylintrc
+
+nuke:
+	@echo "Removing containers, networks, and data... 🧨"
+	@echo
+	docker compose down -v
diff --git a/README_TESTS.md b/README_TESTS.md
index b5f36a5..eba9188 100644
--- a/README_TESTS.md
+++ b/README_TESTS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Running Tests
+# Running Tests and experimenting locally
 
 ## Running Tests Locally with one version of python on mac
 
@@ -24,4 +24,12 @@
 * `make test` to run tests
 
 ## Running Tests Locally with multiple versions of python on mac
+TBD
 
+## Running Elasticsearch and Kibana locally
+* `docker compose up` should bring up kibana as long as it's uncommented
+  * It will take a while to start up
+* run `make test` to run tests, which should create the schema in elasticsearch
+* run `./manage.py es_update all` to update all the indexes
+  * At some point you'll see `"message":"Server running at http://0:5601"}` in kibana service logs
+  * When kibana is ready, you should see `test_movies-1` schema at http://0.0.0.0:5601/ in kibana under `discover`
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 6511eb1..73cdd70 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ services:
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 10s
       retries: 10
-# commented out because right now we're not using postgres for tests
+    volumes:
+      # for normal elasticsearch:
+      # - elasticsearch:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
+      # for webhippie/elasticsearch:
+      - elasticsearch:/var/lib/elasticsearch
+
+  # commented out because right now we're not using postgres for tests
 # comment back in if we need it for multiprocessing tests
 #  db:
 #    image: postgres
@@ -38,19 +44,21 @@ services:
 
 # uncomment to get kibana, which can be useful for analyzing index contents
 # this is currently not a required part of testing infrastructure, just left here for convenience
-#  kibana:
-#    image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:6.0.1
-#    depends_on:
-#      elastic:
-#        condition: service_healthy
-#    links:
-#      - elastic
-#    ports:
-#      - 5601:5601
-#    environment:
-#      - "ELASTICSEARCH_URL=http://elastic:9200"
-#    healthcheck:
-#        test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:5601"]
-#        interval: 10s
-#        timeout: 10s
-#        retries: 10
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+  kibana:
+    image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:6.4.3
+    depends_on:
+      elastic:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    links:
+      - elastic
+    ports:
+      - 5601:5601
+    environment:
+      - "ELASTICSEARCH_URL=http://elastic:9200"
+    healthcheck:
+        test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:5601"]
+        interval: 10s
+        timeout: 10s
+        retries: 10
+volumes:
+    elasticsearch:
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