diff --git a/backend/config/config.exs b/backend/config/config.exs
index d652545..be41b33 100644
--- a/backend/config/config.exs
+++ b/backend/config/config.exs
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ config :backend, BackendWeb.Endpoint,
 
 config :backend, Backend.Repo, queue_target: 5000
 
-config :backend, Backend.Elasticsearch.Cluster,
-  url: "http://elastic:9200",
-  api: Elasticsearch.API.HTTP,
-  json_library: Jason
-
 # Configures Elixir's Logger
 config :logger, :console,
   format: "$time $metadata[$level] $message\n",
diff --git a/backend/config/releases.exs b/backend/config/releases.exs
index bd80c1e..dfd3c76 100644
--- a/backend/config/releases.exs
+++ b/backend/config/releases.exs
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ config :backend, Backend.Repo,
   pool_size: String.to_integer(System.get_env("POOL_SIZE") || "10"),
   ssl: ssl
 
-config :backend, Backend.Elasticsearch.Cluster,
-  url: System.get_env("ELASTICSEARCH_URL") || "http://localhost:9200"
-
 config :appsignal, :config,
   otp_app: :backend,
   revision: System.get_env("GIT_REV")
diff --git a/backend/lib/backend/api.ex b/backend/lib/backend/api.ex
index cabd619..9c6df70 100644
--- a/backend/lib/backend/api.ex
+++ b/backend/lib/backend/api.ex
@@ -148,78 +148,10 @@ defmodule Backend.Api do
   end
 
   def search_instances(query, filters, from \\ 0) do
-    page_size = 50
-
-    search_response =
-      Elasticsearch.post(
-        Backend.Elasticsearch.Cluster,
-        "/instances/_search",
-        build_es_query(query, filters, page_size, from)
-      )
-
-    with {:ok, result} <- search_response do
-      hits =
-        get_in(result, ["hits", "hits"])
-        |> Enum.map(fn h -> h |> Map.get("_source") |> convert_keys_to_atoms() end)
-
-      next =
-        if length(hits) < page_size do
-          nil
-        else
-          from + page_size
-        end
-
-      %{
-        hits: hits,
-        next: next
-      }
-    end
-  end
-
-  defp build_es_query(query, filters, page_size, from) do
-    opt_out_filter = %{"term" => %{"opt_out" => "false"}}
-    filters = [opt_out_filter | filters]
-
+    # TODO: implement w. postgres FTS
     %{
-      "sort" => "_score",
-      "from" => from,
-      "size" => page_size,
-      # This must be >0, otherwise all documents will be returned
-      "min_score" => 1,
-      "query" => %{
-        "bool" => %{
-          "filter" => filters,
-          "should" => [
-            %{
-              "multi_match" => %{
-                "query" => query,
-                "fields" => [
-                  "description.*",
-                  "domain.english"
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            %{
-              # If the query exactly matches a domain, that instance should always be the first result.
-              "wildcard" => %{
-                "domain.keyword" => %{
-                  "value" => query,
-                  "boost" => 100
-                }
-              }
-            },
-            %{
-              # Give substring matches in domains a large boost, too.
-              "wildcard" => %{
-                "domain.keyword" => %{
-                  "value" => "*#{query}*",
-                  "boost" => 10
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          ]
-        }
-      }
+      hits: [],
+      next: nil
     }
   end
 end
diff --git a/backend/lib/backend/application.ex b/backend/lib/backend/application.ex
index 2d8ec13..055f6f6 100644
--- a/backend/lib/backend/application.ex
+++ b/backend/lib/backend/application.ex
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ defmodule Backend.Application do
       ),
       Supervisor.child_spec({Task, fn -> HTTPoison.start() end}, id: :start_httpoison),
       Backend.Scheduler,
-      Backend.Elasticsearch.Cluster,
       Graph.Cache
     ]
 
diff --git a/backend/lib/backend/crawler/crawler.ex b/backend/lib/backend/crawler/crawler.ex
index 1fa3792..51d359b 100644
--- a/backend/lib/backend/crawler/crawler.ex
+++ b/backend/lib/backend/crawler/crawler.ex
@@ -189,8 +189,6 @@ defmodule Backend.Crawler do
       conflict_target: :domain
     )
 
-    Elasticsearch.put_document!(Backend.Elasticsearch.Cluster, instance, "instances/_doc")
-
     ## Save details of a new crawl ##
     curr_crawl =
       Repo.insert!(%Crawl{
diff --git a/backend/lib/backend/elasticsearch/cluster.ex b/backend/lib/backend/elasticsearch/cluster.ex
deleted file mode 100644
index d34a9c8..0000000
--- a/backend/lib/backend/elasticsearch/cluster.ex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-defmodule Backend.Elasticsearch.Cluster do
-  @moduledoc false
-  use Elasticsearch.Cluster, otp_app: :backend
-
-  def init(config) do
-    indexes = %{
-      instances: %{
-        settings: Application.app_dir(:backend, "priv/elasticsearch/instances.json"),
-        store: Backend.Elasticsearch.Store,
-        sources: [Backend.Instance],
-        bulk_page_size: 1000,
-        bulk_wait_interval: 1000
-      }
-    }
-
-    config =
-      config
-      |> Map.put(:indexes, indexes)
-
-    {:ok, config}
-  end
-end
diff --git a/backend/lib/backend/elasticsearch/store.ex b/backend/lib/backend/elasticsearch/store.ex
deleted file mode 100644
index aa5bc98..0000000
--- a/backend/lib/backend/elasticsearch/store.ex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-defmodule Backend.Elasticsearch.Store do
-  @moduledoc false
-  @behaviour Elasticsearch.Store
-
-  alias Backend.Repo
-
-  @impl true
-  def stream(schema) do
-    Repo.stream(schema)
-  end
-
-  @impl true
-  def transaction(fun) do
-    {:ok, result} = Repo.transaction(fun, timeout: :infinity)
-    result
-  end
-end
diff --git a/backend/lib/backend/instance.ex b/backend/lib/backend/instance.ex
index fa351f5..f690e3c 100644
--- a/backend/lib/backend/instance.ex
+++ b/backend/lib/backend/instance.ex
@@ -62,20 +62,4 @@ defmodule Backend.Instance do
     |> validate_required([:domain])
     |> put_assoc(:peers, attrs.peers)
   end
-
-  defimpl Elasticsearch.Document, for: Backend.Instance do
-    def id(instance), do: instance.id
-    def routing(_), do: false
-
-    def encode(instance) do
-      # Make sure this corresponds with priv/elasticseach/instances.json
-      %{
-        domain: instance.domain,
-        description: instance.description,
-        type: instance.type,
-        user_count: instance.user_count,
-        opt_out: instance.opt_out
-      }
-    end
-  end
 end
diff --git a/backend/lib/backend/release.ex b/backend/lib/backend/release.ex
index cb5eaaa..7f01eb5 100644
--- a/backend/lib/backend/release.ex
+++ b/backend/lib/backend/release.ex
@@ -9,20 +9,11 @@ defmodule Backend.Release do
     :ssl,
     :postgrex,
     :ecto,
-    :elasticsearch,
     @app
   ]
 
-  # Ecto repos to start, if any
-  @repos Application.compile_env(:backend, :ecto_repos, [])
-  # Elasticsearch clusters to start
-  @clusters [Backend.Elasticsearch.Cluster]
-  # Elasticsearch indexes to build
-  @indexes [:instances]
-
   def run_all do
     migrate()
-    build_elasticsearch_indexes()
   end
 
   def migrate do
@@ -35,28 +26,6 @@ defmodule Backend.Release do
     {:ok, _, _} = Ecto.Migrator.with_repo(repo, &Ecto.Migrator.run(&1, :down, to: version))
   end
 
-  def build_elasticsearch_indexes do
-    start_services()
-    IO.puts("Building indexes...")
-    Enum.each(@indexes, &Elasticsearch.Index.hot_swap(Backend.Elasticsearch.Cluster, &1))
-    stop_services()
-  end
-
-  # Ensure that all OTP apps, repos used by your Elasticsearch store,
-  # and your Elasticsearch Cluster(s) are started
-  defp start_services do
-    IO.puts("Starting dependencies...")
-    Enum.each(@start_apps, &Application.ensure_all_started/1)
-    IO.puts("Starting repos...")
-    Enum.each(@repos, & &1.start_link(pool_size: 1))
-    IO.puts("Starting clusters...")
-    Enum.each(@clusters, & &1.start_link())
-  end
-
-  defp stop_services do
-    :init.stop()
-  end
-
   defp repos do
     Application.load(@app)
     Application.fetch_env!(@app, :ecto_repos)
diff --git a/backend/lib/backend_web/controllers/admin_controller.ex b/backend/lib/backend_web/controllers/admin_controller.ex
index 66ff536..276c416 100644
--- a/backend/lib/backend_web/controllers/admin_controller.ex
+++ b/backend/lib/backend_web/controllers/admin_controller.ex
@@ -19,14 +19,6 @@ defmodule BackendWeb.AdminController do
     with {:ok, domain} <- Auth.verify_token(token) do
       %{"optIn" => opt_in, "optOut" => opt_out} = params
 
-      # Make sure to update ElasticSearch so that the instance is no longer returned in search results
-      es_instance =
-        Api.get_instance(domain)
-        |> Map.put(:opt_in, opt_in)
-        |> Map.put(:opt_out, opt_out)
-
-      Elasticsearch.put_document!(Backend.Elasticsearch.Cluster, es_instance, "instances")
-
       ecto_instance = %Instance{
         domain: domain,
         opt_in: opt_in,
diff --git a/backend/mix.exs b/backend/mix.exs
index 1ba757e..239270f 100644
--- a/backend/mix.exs
+++ b/backend/mix.exs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ defmodule Backend.MixProject do
         :logger,
         :runtime_tools,
         :gollum,
-        :elasticsearch,
         :appsignal,
         :swoosh,
         :gen_smtp
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ defmodule Backend.MixProject do
       {:public_suffix, git: "https://github.com/axelson/publicsuffix-elixir"},
       {:swoosh, "~> 1.0"},
       {:gen_smtp, "~> 1.2"},
-      {:elasticsearch, "~> 1.0"},
       {:appsignal_phoenix, "~> 2.3"},
       {:credo, "~> 1.7", only: [:dev, :test], runtime: false},
       {:nebulex, "~> 2.4.2"},
diff --git a/backend/mix.lock b/backend/mix.lock
index b8805b9..00e8fd0 100644
--- a/backend/mix.lock
+++ b/backend/mix.lock
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
   "decorator": {:hex, :decorator, "1.4.0", "a57ac32c823ea7e4e67f5af56412d12b33274661bb7640ec7fc882f8d23ac419", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "0a07cedd9083da875c7418dea95b78361197cf2bf3211d743f6f7ce39656597f"},
   "ecto": {:hex, :ecto, "3.10.1", "c6757101880e90acc6125b095853176a02da8f1afe056f91f1f90b80c9389822", [:mix], [{:decimal, "~> 1.6 or ~> 2.0", [hex: :decimal, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:jason, "~> 1.0", [hex: :jason, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:telemetry, "~> 0.4 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "d2ac4255f1601bdf7ac74c0ed971102c6829dc158719b94bd30041bbad77f87a"},
   "ecto_sql": {:hex, :ecto_sql, "3.10.1", "6ea6b3036a0b0ca94c2a02613fd9f742614b5cfe494c41af2e6571bb034dd94c", [:mix], [{:db_connection, "~> 2.4.1 or ~> 2.5", [hex: :db_connection, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:ecto, "~> 3.10.0", [hex: :ecto, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:myxql, "~> 0.6.0", [hex: :myxql, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:postgrex, "~> 0.16.0 or ~> 0.17.0 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :postgrex, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:tds, "~> 2.1.1 or ~> 2.2", [hex: :tds, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:telemetry, "~> 0.4.0 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "f6a25bdbbd695f12c8171eaff0851fa4c8e72eec1e98c7364402dda9ce11c56b"},
-  "elasticsearch": {:hex, :elasticsearch, "1.0.1", "8339538d90af6b280f10ecd02b1eae372f09373e629b336a13461babf7366495", [:mix], [{:httpoison, ">= 0.0.0", [hex: :httpoison, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:poison, ">= 0.0.0", [hex: :poison, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:sigaws, "~> 0.7", [hex: :sigaws, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:vex, "~> 0.6", [hex: :vex, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "83e7d8b8bee3e7e19a06ab4d357d24845ac1da894e79678227fd52c0b7f71867"},
   "ex2ms": {:hex, :ex2ms, "1.6.1", "66d472eb14da43087c156e0396bac3cc7176b4f24590a251db53f84e9a0f5f72", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "a7192899d84af03823a8ec2f306fa858cbcce2c2e7fd0f1c49e05168fb9c740e"},
   "ex_rated": {:hex, :ex_rated, "2.1.0", "d40e6fe35097b10222df2db7bb5dd801d57211bac65f29063de5f201c2a6aebc", [:mix], [{:ex2ms, "~> 1.5", [hex: :ex2ms, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "936c155337253ed6474f06d941999dd3a9cf0fe767ec99a59f2d2989dc2cc13f"},
   "expo": {:hex, :expo, "0.4.1", "1c61d18a5df197dfda38861673d392e642649a9cef7694d2f97a587b2cfb319b", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "2ff7ba7a798c8c543c12550fa0e2cbc81b95d4974c65855d8d15ba7b37a1ce47"},
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index b302256..8e70009 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -5,32 +5,22 @@ networks:
     external: false
 
 services:
-  phoenix:
-    build: backend
+  web:
+    image: ghcr.io/fediverse-space/fediverse.space:main
     restart: unless-stopped
     networks:
       - space
     depends_on:
       - db
 
-  gephi:
-    build: gephi
-
   db:
     image: postgres:15-alpine
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment:
-      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
-      - POSTGRES_USER=postgres
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
+      - POSTGRES_USER=${DB_USER}
+      - POSTGRES_DB=${DB_NAME}
     networks:
       - space
     volumes:
       - /var/lib/postgresql/data
-
-  elastic:
-    image: elasticsearch:8.7.0
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    environment:
-      - discovery.type=single-node
-    networks: 
-      - space
diff --git a/example.env b/example.env
index 3ae6590..e2d9579 100644
--- a/example.env
+++ b/example.env
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/backend_dev"
 PORT=4000
 BACKEND_HOSTNAME=localhost
-SECRET_KEY_BASE=jLqbBjtQTyZj+1yLwDV8xgZYvZKIBx1MBWbcC2a0mZqB5ivYKQ7GOqNR91g6YnR8
\ No newline at end of file
+SECRET_KEY_BASE=jLqbBjtQTyZj+1yLwDV8xgZYvZKIBx1MBWbcC2a0mZqB5ivYKQ7GOqNR91g6YnR8