diff --git a/docker/Makefile b/docker/Makefile
index 0229f32993ae..d7dc80c6f348 100644
--- a/docker/Makefile
+++ b/docker/Makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ check-tools: check-nodejs check-yarn check-rust check-sqlx-cli check-docker chec
 
 # Check that contracts are checkout properly
 check-contracts:
-	@if [ ! -d ../contracts/l1-contracts/lib/forge-std/foundry.toml ] || [ -z "$$(ls -A ../contracts/l1-contracts/lib/forge-std/foundry.toml)" ]; then \
+	@if [ -z "$$(ls -A ../contracts/l1-contracts/lib/forge-std/foundry.toml)" ]; then \
 		echo "l1-contracts git submodule is missing. Please re-download repo with 'git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era.git'"; \
 		exit 1; \
 	fi
diff --git a/docs/guides/external-node/00_quick_start.md b/docs/guides/external-node/00_quick_start.md
index 67a1b89eef51..b24571d342fc 100644
--- a/docs/guides/external-node/00_quick_start.md
+++ b/docs/guides/external-node/00_quick_start.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Install `docker compose` and `Docker`
 
 ## Running ZKsync node locally
 
+These commands start ZKsync node locally inside docker.
+
 To start a mainnet instance, run:
 
 ```sh
@@ -34,9 +36,10 @@ cd docker-compose-examples
 sudo docker compose --file testnet-external-node-docker-compose.yml down --volumes
 ```
 
-You can see the status of the node (after recovery) in [local grafana dashboard](http://localhost:3000/dashboards).
+### Observability
 
-Those commands start ZKsync node locally inside docker.
+You can see the status of the node (after recovery) in [local grafana dashboard](http://localhost:3000/dashboards).
+You can also access a debug page with more information about the node [here](http://localhost:5000).
 
 The HTTP JSON-RPC API can be accessed on port `3060` and WebSocket API can be accessed on port `3061`.