diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a785f948..8a5f70d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ admin
 cln-notes.md
 .idea/
 alts/bitcoind
-jitsi/config/*
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+jitsi/config/*
+.vscode
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2358b2cd..64603275 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,19 @@ Clear the existing configs, so you can start fresh:
 
 `./clearall.sh`
 
+### aperture enabled paywall
+
+The sphinx-stack docker compose file uses profiles to opt-in to particular services.
+To run with an aperture-enabled paywall, start the stack with the 
+following command:
+
+```shell
+docker compose -f docker-compose.yml --profile aperture --project-directory . up  -d
+```
+
+This will use the configs set in `/aperture/aperture.yaml`.
+To update the timeout and other paywall related configs, edit that file. 
+
 ### developing/contributing to Sphinx
 
 - Run one of the sphinx clients on your local computer, and enter the `exported_keys` that you can find in `/relay/NODES.json` (make sure to copy the trailing `=` equal signs if there are any!)
diff --git a/alts/lsat.yml b/alts/lsat.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ad116ff..00000000
--- a/alts/lsat.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-version: "3"
-
-services:
-  etcd:
-    image: "quay.io/coreos/etcd"
-    container_name: etcd.sphinx
-    environment:
-      - ETCD_ADVERTISE_CLIENT_URLS=http://etcd.sphinx:2379
-      - ETCD_LISTEN_CLIENT_URLS=http://0.0.0.0:2379
-    command: "etcd -name etcd-meme-aperture"
-
-  aperture:
-    # image: "lightninglabs/aperture:v0.1.12-beta"
-    image: "bucko/aperture:timeout"
-    container_name: aperture.sphinx
-    ports:
-      # for now we will have aperture run on the default meme port
-      # so that it's easier to use this as a drop in replacement for any existing setups
-      - 5555:8081
-    volumes:
-      - ./aperture:/aperture
-      # using alice's lnd node as the backend for aperture
-      - ./lnd/alice/.lnd:/lnd
-    # want to restart on failure b/c the lightning node needs to be
-    # fully operational so that aperture can connect to it and successfully start
-    restart: on-failure
-    depends_on:
-      - etcd
-      - alice-lnd
-    entrypoint: ["aperture", "--configfile=/aperture/aperture.yaml"]
-
-networks: 
-  default:
-    name: sphinx-stack
-    
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 6bc3b009..6261e467 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ services:
       - 1883:1883
 
   meme:
-    image: sphinxlightning/sphinx-meme:latest
+    image: bucko/sphinx-meme:latest
     container_name: meme.sphinx
     restart: on-failure
     depends_on:
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ services:
     # image: "lightninglabs/aperture:v0.1.12-beta"
     # hopefully this is a temporary replacement to use the new aperture
     # support for a timeout caveat
-    image: "bucko/aperture:timeout"
+    image: "bucko/aperture:timeoutv2"
     container_name: aperture.sphinx
     profiles:
       - aperture