How to change the code so that the nodejs connects to a local database instead of a remote one on Atlas?

[Orange_Banana]

@Robert_Walters

is it still writing to Atlas? Maybe your app is caching the connection? Try restarting the NodeJS app and add a console.log(process.env.MONGODB_URI) to verify its getting the right value.

I run the app and database through docker-compose every time, so there should be any cache.