diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
     build: ./dockerfiles/swh-indexer-worker
     env_file: ./indexers.env
     environment:
-      SWH_WORKER_INSTANCE: mimetype
+      SWH_WORKER_INSTANCE: content_mimetype
     depends_on:
       - swh-scheduler-api
       - swh-idx-storage
diff --git a/dockerfiles/swh-indexer-storage/entrypoint.sh b/dockerfiles/swh-indexer-storage/entrypoint.sh
--- a/dockerfiles/swh-indexer-storage/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/dockerfiles/swh-indexer-storage/entrypoint.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 if [[ -d /src ]] ; then
     for srcrepo in /src/swh-* ; do
         pushd $srcrepo
-        pip install -e .
+        echo "WARNING: $srcrepo will NOT be pip installed in dev mode"
+        echo "         due to permission limitations."
+        pip install --user .
         popd
     done
 fi
@@ -35,6 +37,6 @@
           --db-name ${POSTGRES_DB}
 
     echo Starting the swh-indexer-storage API server
-        exec python -m swh.indexer.storage.api.server /indexer_storage.yml
+        exec python -m swh.indexer.storage.api.server /indexer_storage
     ;;
 esac
diff --git a/dockerfiles/swh-indexer-storage/indexer_storage.yml b/dockerfiles/swh-indexer-storage/indexer_storage.yml
--- a/dockerfiles/swh-indexer-storage/indexer_storage.yml
+++ b/dockerfiles/swh-indexer-storage/indexer_storage.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-storage:
+indexer_storage:
   cls: local
   args:
     db: service=swh-indexer
diff --git a/dockerfiles/swh-indexer-worker/entrypoint.sh b/dockerfiles/swh-indexer-worker/entrypoint.sh
--- a/dockerfiles/swh-indexer-worker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/dockerfiles/swh-indexer-worker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 if [[ -d /src ]] ; then
     for srcrepo in /src/swh-* ; do
         pushd $srcrepo
-        pip install -e .
+        echo "WARNING: $srcrepo will NOT be pip installed in dev mode"
+        echo "         due to permission limitations."
+        pip install --user .
         popd
     done
 fi