diff --git a/apiGateway/src/main/java/com/library/apiGateway/configs/SecurityConfig.java b/apiGateway/src/main/java/com/library/apiGateway/configs/SecurityConfig.java
index 051d7bc..c884431 100644
--- a/apiGateway/src/main/java/com/library/apiGateway/configs/SecurityConfig.java
+++ b/apiGateway/src/main/java/com/library/apiGateway/configs/SecurityConfig.java
@@ -20,7 +20,16 @@ public class SecurityConfig {
             "/swagger-ui/**",
             "/v3/api-docs/**",
             "/swagger-resources/**",
-            "/aggregate/**"
+            "/aggregate/**",
+
+        // Public APIs
+            "/book-service/api/books/**",
+            "/book-service/api/authors/**",
+            "/book-service/api/publishers/**",
+            "/book-service/api/genres/**",
+            "/book-service/api/categories/**",
+            "/review-service/api/reviews/**",
+            "/review-service/api/review-metrics/**"
     };
 
     @Bean
@@ -37,7 +46,7 @@ public SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain(HttpSecurity httpSecurity) throws
     CorsConfigurationSource corsConfigurationSource() {
         CorsConfiguration configuration = new CorsConfiguration();
         configuration.setAllowedOrigins(List.of("*"));
-        configuration.setAllowedMethods(Arrays.asList("GET","POST"));
+        configuration.setAllowedMethods(Arrays.asList("GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "OPTIONS"));
         configuration.setAllowedHeaders(List.of("*"));
         UrlBasedCorsConfigurationSource source = new UrlBasedCorsConfigurationSource();
         source.registerCorsConfiguration("/**", configuration);
diff --git a/apiGateway/src/main/resources/application.properties b/apiGateway/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 070acfe..e5f84ae 100644
--- a/apiGateway/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/apiGateway/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 spring.application.name=apiGateway
-spring.profiles.active="@spring.profiles.active@"
+spring.profiles.active=@spring.profiles.active@
 server.port=9000
 
 springdoc.swagger-ui.enabled=true
diff --git a/bookService/pom.xml b/bookService/pom.xml
index 6751304..39befbb 100644
--- a/bookService/pom.xml
+++ b/bookService/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,23 @@
     <properties>
         <java.version>17</java.version>
     </properties>
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <activation>
+                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+            </activation>
+            <properties>
+                <spring.profiles.active>dev</spring.profiles.active>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>prod</id>
+            <properties>
+                <spring.profiles.active>prod</spring.profiles.active>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
             <id>confluent</id>
diff --git a/bookService/src/main/resources/application.properties b/bookService/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 3f7fa16..532df2c 100644
--- a/bookService/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/bookService/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 spring.application.name=bookService
+spring.profiles.active=@spring.profiles.active@
 server.port=8080
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=none
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 30ff3aa..264f1bb 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "3307:3306"
     volumes:
-      - ./docker/mysql-dev/data:/var/lib/mysql
+      - mysql-dev_data:/var/lib/mysql
       - ./infrastructure/init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init.sql
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", 'mysqladmin', 'ping', '-h', 'localhost', '-u', 'root', '-p$$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD' ]
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "3308:3306"
     volumes:
-      - ./docker/kc-mysql/data:/var/lib/mysql
+      - kc-mysql_data:/var/lib/mysql
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", 'mysqladmin', 'ping', '-h', 'localhost', '-u', 'root', '-p$$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD' ]
       interval: 10s
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "27018:27017"
     volumes: 
-      - ./docker/mongodb-dev/data:/data/db
+      - mongodb-dev_data:/data/db
     healthcheck:
       test: echo 'db.runCommand("ping").ok' | mongosh localhost:27017/test --quiet
     networks:
@@ -157,3 +157,7 @@ services:
       - e-library-network
 networks: 
   e-library-network:
+volumes:
+  mysql-dev_data:
+  kc-mysql_data:
+  mongodb-dev_data: