diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-urbit.yml b/stack_orchestrator/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-urbit.yml
index afc5672e..bc64cd90 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-urbit.yml
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-urbit.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ services:
       CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG: ${CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG}
       CERC_URBIT_APP: ${CERC_URBIT_APP}
       CERC_ENABLE_APP_INSTALL: ${CERC_ENABLE_APP_INSTALL:-true}
-      CERC_IPFS_GLOB_HOST_ENDPOINT: ${CERC_IPFS_GLOB_HOST_ENDPOINT:-http://ipfs-glob-host:5001}
-      CERC_IPFS_SERVER_ENDPOINT: ${CERC_IPFS_SERVER_ENDPOINT:-http://ipfs-glob-host:8080}
+      CERC_IPFS_GLOB_HOST_ENDPOINT: ${CERC_IPFS_GLOB_HOST_ENDPOINT:-http://ipfs:5001}
+      CERC_IPFS_SERVER_ENDPOINT: ${CERC_IPFS_SERVER_ENDPOINT:-http://ipfs:8080}
     entrypoint: ["bash", "-c", "./run-urbit-ship.sh && ./deploy-app.sh && tail -f /dev/null"]
     volumes:
       - urbit_data:/urbit
@@ -31,24 +31,6 @@ services:
       retries: 15
       start_period: 10s
 
-  # TODO: Refactor this outside
-  ipfs-glob-host:
-    image: ipfs/kubo:master-2023-02-20-714a968
-    volumes:
-      - ipfs-import:/import
-      - ipfs-data:/data/ipfs
-    ports:
-      - "8080"
-      - "5001"
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-v", "localhost", "5001"]
-      interval: 20s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 15
-      start_period: 10s
-
 volumes:
   urbit_data:
   urbit_app_builds:
-  ipfs-import:
-  ipfs-data:
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/compose/docker-compose-kubo.yml b/stack_orchestrator/data/compose/docker-compose-kubo.yml
index f5f8b06e..2e4ae419 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/data/compose/docker-compose-kubo.yml
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/compose/docker-compose-kubo.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
 version: "3.2"
+
 # See: https://docs.ipfs.tech/install/run-ipfs-inside-docker/#set-up
 services:
   ipfs:
     image: ipfs/kubo:master-2023-02-20-714a968
     restart: always
     volumes:
-      - ./ipfs/import:/import
-      - ./ipfs/data:/data/ipfs
+      - ipfs-import:/import
+      - ipfs-data:/data/ipfs
     ports:
-      - "0.0.0.0:8080:8080"
-      - "0.0.0.0:4001:4001"
+      - "4001"
+      - "8080"
       - "0.0.0.0:5001:5001"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-v", "localhost", "5001"]
+      interval: 20s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 15
+      start_period: 10s
+
+volumes:
+  ipfs-import:
+  ipfs-data:
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/uniswap-urbit-app/README.md b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/uniswap-urbit-app/README.md
index c9727ef3..6818dd94 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/uniswap-urbit-app/README.md
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/uniswap-urbit-app/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ laconic-so --stack uniswap-urbit-app deploy init --output uniswap-urbit-app-spec
 
 ### Ports
 
-Edit `network` in spec file to map container ports to same ports in host
+Edit `network` in spec file to map container ports to same ports in host:
 
 ```
 ...
@@ -43,12 +43,14 @@ network:
       - '8080:80'
     proxy-server:
       - '4000:4000'
-    ipfs-glob-host:
+    ipfs:
       - '8081:8080'
       - '5001:5001'
 ...
 ```
 
+Note: Skip the `ipfs` ports if need to use an externally running IPFS node
+
 ### Data volumes
 
 Container data volumes are bind-mounted to specified paths in the host filesystem.
@@ -104,11 +106,11 @@ Inside the deployment directory, open the file `config.env` and set the followin
   # IPFS configuration
 
   # IFPS endpoint to host the glob file on
-  # (Default: http://ipfs-glob-host:5001 pointing to in-stack IPFS node)
+  # (Default: http://ipfs:5001 pointing to in-stack IPFS node)
   CERC_IPFS_GLOB_HOST_ENDPOINT=
 
   # IFPS endpoint to fetch the glob file from
-  # (Default: http://ipfs-glob-host:8080 pointing to in-stack IPFS node)
+  # (Default: http://ipfs:8080 pointing to in-stack IPFS node)
   CERC_IPFS_SERVER_ENDPOINT=
   ```
 
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/uniswap-urbit-app/stack.yml b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/uniswap-urbit-app/stack.yml
index 8056624f..31499406 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/uniswap-urbit-app/stack.yml
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/uniswap-urbit-app/stack.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ pods:
   - uniswap-interface
   - proxy-server
   - fixturenet-urbit
+  - kubo