diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f5293b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=akvorado
+COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.yml:docker-compose-demo.yml
diff --git a/console/data/docs/00-intro.md b/console/data/docs/00-intro.md
index a1a21257..bb993ab2 100644
--- a/console/data/docs/00-intro.md
+++ b/console/data/docs/00-intro.md
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ only requirement is to have
 [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) and [Docker
 Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/). Grab the latest
 tarball from the [release page on
-GitHub](https://github.com/akvorado/akvorado/releases), unpack
-it, rename the target directory to `akvorado`, then run the
-`docker-compose` command:
+GitHub](https://github.com/akvorado/akvorado/releases), unpack it,
+then run the `docker-compose` command:
 
 ```console
 # docker-compose up
@@ -27,8 +26,8 @@ it, rename the target directory to `akvorado`, then run the
 Once running, *Akvorado* web interface should be running on port 8080.
 
 A few synthetic flows are generated in the background. They can be
-disabled by removing the `akvorado-exporter*` services from
-`docker-compose.yml`, or by stopping them with `docker-compose stop
+disabled by removing the `:docker-compose-demo.yml` string from
+`.env`, or by stopping them with `docker-compose stop
 akvorado-exporter{1,2,3,4}`, or by removing the associated
 configuration in `akvorado.yaml`.
 
diff --git a/console/data/docs/99-changelog.md b/console/data/docs/99-changelog.md
index 3641fbb8..1fe87a1a 100644
--- a/console/data/docs/99-changelog.md
+++ b/console/data/docs/99-changelog.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ identified with a specific icon:
 - 🩹: bug fix
 - 🌱: miscellaneous change
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- 🌱 *docker*: Split demo exporters out of `docker-compose.yml`.
+
 ## 1.6.0 - 2022-09-30
 
 This release features a BMP collector to grab BGP routes from one or
diff --git a/docker-compose-demo.yml b/docker-compose-demo.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c44b4f60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose-demo.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+version: "3"
+
+services:
+  akvorado-exporter0: &exporter
+    image: ghcr.io/akvorado/akvorado:latest
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: demo-exporter http://akvorado-orchestrator:8080#0
+    depends_on:
+      - akvorado-inlet
+  akvorado-exporter1:
+    <<: *exporter
+    command: demo-exporter http://akvorado-orchestrator:8080#1
+  akvorado-exporter2:
+    <<: *exporter
+    command: demo-exporter http://akvorado-orchestrator:8080#2
+  akvorado-exporter3:
+    <<: *exporter
+    command: demo-exporter http://akvorado-orchestrator:8080#3
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b970a578..5662b440 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -114,22 +114,6 @@ services:
       disable: true
     volumes:
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
-  # Remove the following exporters if you don't want to get demo data.
-  akvorado-exporter0: &exporter
-    <<: *akvorado-image
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    command: demo-exporter http://akvorado-orchestrator:8080#0
-    depends_on:
-      - akvorado-inlet
-  akvorado-exporter1:
-    <<: *exporter
-    command: demo-exporter http://akvorado-orchestrator:8080#1
-  akvorado-exporter2:
-    <<: *exporter
-    command: demo-exporter http://akvorado-orchestrator:8080#2
-  akvorado-exporter3:
-    <<: *exporter
-    command: demo-exporter http://akvorado-orchestrator:8080#3
 
   clickhouse:
     image: clickhouse/clickhouse-server:22.8