diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 12cd2618709..981a2db3911 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 .github/release-please/** @RomanBrodetski @perekopskiy @Deniallugo @popzxc
 **/CHANGELOG.md @RomanBrodetski @perekopskiy @Deniallugo @popzxc
 CODEOWNERS @RomanBrodetski @perekopskiy @Deniallugo @popzxc
+.github/workflows/** @matter-labs/devops
diff --git a/core/lib/contracts/src/lib.rs b/core/lib/contracts/src/lib.rs
index 20111285e86..1fb12da5531 100644
--- a/core/lib/contracts/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/lib/contracts/src/lib.rs
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ pub struct SystemContractsRepo {
 impl SystemContractsRepo {
     /// Returns the default system contracts repo with directory based on the ZKSYNC_HOME environment variable.
     pub fn from_env() -> Self {
-        let zksync_home = std::env::var("ZKSYNC_HOME").expect("ZKSYNC_HOME env variable not set.");
+        let zksync_home = std::env::var("ZKSYNC_HOME").unwrap_or_else(|_| ".".into());
         let zksync_home = PathBuf::from(zksync_home);
         SystemContractsRepo {
             root: zksync_home.join("etc/system-contracts"),
diff --git a/docs/setup-dev.md b/docs/setup-dev.md
index 6f31a6afa6d..ea7289b902e 100644
--- a/docs/setup-dev.md
+++ b/docs/setup-dev.md
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ Rust toolchain as well.
 Install the latest postgres.
 
 ```bash
-brew install postgresql
+brew install postgresql@14
 ```
 
 ### Cargo nextest