diff --git a/services/vendors/docker-compose.yml b/services/vendors/docker-compose.yml
index ac19587b..0d9e4dad 100644
--- a/services/vendors/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/vendors/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-
-# NOTE: this stack is only for development and testing of vendor services.
-# the actualy code is deployed inside the ops repository.
+version: "3.7"
 
 services:
-
   manual:
-    image: containous/whoami
+    image: ${VENDOR_MANUAL_IMAGE}
     init: true
     hostname: "{{.Node.Hostname}}-{{.Task.Slot}}"
     deploy:
@@ -23,13 +20,9 @@ services:
         - traefik.http.routers.vendor_manual.rule=Host(`${VENDOR_MANUAL_DOMAIN}`)
         - traefik.http.routers.vendor_manual.middlewares=ops_gzip@swarm, vendor_manual_auth
     networks:
-      - simcore_default
       - public
 
 networks:
-  simcore_default:
-    name: ${SIMCORE_NETWORK}
-    external: true
   public:
     external: true
     name: ${PUBLIC_NETWORK}
diff --git a/services/vendors/template.env b/services/vendors/template.env
index ab0d54c7..1fafd4a0 100644
--- a/services/vendors/template.env
+++ b/services/vendors/template.env
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+VENDOR_MANUAL_IMAGE=${VENDOR_MANUAL_IMAGE}
 VENDOR_MANUAL_REPLICAS=${VENDOR_MANUAL_REPLICAS}
 VENDOR_MANUAL_DOMAIN=${VENDOR_MANUAL_DOMAIN}
 PUBLIC_NETWORK=${PUBLIC_NETWORK}
 WEBSERVER_HOST=${WEBSERVER_HOST}
 WEBSERVER_PORT=${WEBSERVER_PORT}
-SIMCORE_NETWORK=${SIMCORE_NETWORK}