diff --git a/packages/app-next/README.md b/packages/app-next/README.md
index 21645609a9..360e5d5545 100644
--- a/packages/app-next/README.md
+++ b/packages/app-next/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 # example-app-next
 
-This package is an example of a Backstage application.
+This package is an example of a Backstage application using the [new frontend](../../docs/frontend-system/index.md).
+
+To play with it, open a terminal and run the command: `yarn start`
+
+**NOTE:** Don't forget to open a second terminal and to launch the backend or [backend-next](../../docs/backend-system/index.md) there, using `yarn start`! The frontend requires a backend to connect to.
diff --git a/packages/app-next/app-config.yaml b/packages/app-next/app-config.yaml
index 8bfd79be54..271040ecec 100644
--- a/packages/app-next/app-config.yaml
+++ b/packages/app-next/app-config.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ app:
 
   extensions:
     # - apis.plugin.graphiql.browse.gitlab: true
-    - graphiql-endpoint:graphiql/gitlab: true
+    # - graphiql-endpoint:graphiql/gitlab: true
 
     # Entity page cards
     - entity-card:catalog/about
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ app:
     - entity-card:catalog/links:
         config:
           filter: kind:component has:links
-    - entity-card:linguist/languages
+    # - entity-card:linguist/languages
     - entity-card:catalog-graph/relations:
         config:
           height: 300