diff --git a/docker/gaffer-gremlin/README.md b/docker/gaffer-gremlin/README.md
index 94ec9dac..74207771 100644
--- a/docker/gaffer-gremlin/README.md
+++ b/docker/gaffer-gremlin/README.md
@@ -50,12 +50,11 @@ to deploy the containers then, the provided jupiter notebooks demonstrate how to
 connect and some basic queries on the data using `gremlinpython` or via
 `graph-notebook` (note this requires the [graph-notebook extension](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook)).
 
-To run the example first source the environment file for the image versions
-e.g. `accumulo2.env` then use docker compose to start up the containers:
+To run the example please use the provided start script with an environment file
+to specify the image versions e.g. `accumulo2.env`:
 
 ```bash
-source ../accumulo2.env
-docker compose up -d
+./example/create-deployment.sh ../accumulo2.env
 ```
 
 With the demo deployment both a standard Gaffer REST API and Gaffer Gremlin
diff --git a/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/compose.yaml b/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/compose.yaml
index 410a2bba..0c80c665 100644
--- a/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/compose.yaml
+++ b/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/compose.yaml
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
-version: "3.7"
-
 services:
 
   zookeeper:
diff --git a/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/conf/gaffer/data/tinkerpop-modern.json b/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/conf/gaffer/data/tinkerpop-modern.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b541d267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/conf/gaffer/data/tinkerpop-modern.json
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+{
+    "class": "AddElements",
+    "input": [
+        {
+            "class": "Entity",
+            "group": "person",
+            "vertex": "1",
+            "properties": {
+                "name": "marko",
+                "age": 29
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "class": "Entity",
+            "group": "person",
+            "vertex": "2",
+            "properties": {
+                "name": "vadas",
+                "age": 27
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "class": "Entity",
+            "group": "person",
+            "vertex": "4",
+            "properties": {
+                "name": "josh",
+                "age": 32
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "class": "Entity",
+            "group": "person",
+            "vertex": "6",
+            "properties": {
+                "name": "peter",
+                "age": 35
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "class": "Entity",
+            "group": "software",
+            "vertex": "3",
+            "properties": {
+                "name": "lop",
+                "lang": "java"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "class": "Entity",
+            "group": "software",
+            "vertex": "5",
+            "properties": {
+                "name": "ripple",
+                "lang": "java"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "class": "Edge",
+            "group": "knows",
+            "source": "1",
+            "destination": "2",
+            "directed": true,
+            "properties": {
+                "weight": 0.5
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "class": "Edge",
+            "group": "created",
+            "source": "1",
+            "destination": "3",
+            "directed": true,
+            "properties": {
+                "weight": 0.4
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "class": "Edge",
+            "group": "knows",
+            "source": "1",
+            "destination": "4",
+            "directed": true,
+            "properties": {
+                "weight": 1.0
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "class": "Edge",
+            "group": "created",
+            "source": "4",
+            "destination": "3",
+            "directed": true,
+            "properties": {
+                "weight": 0.4
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "class": "Edge",
+            "group": "created",
+            "source": "4",
+            "destination": "5",
+            "directed": true,
+            "properties": {
+                "weight": 1.0
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "class": "Edge",
+            "group": "created",
+            "source": "6",
+            "destination": "3",
+            "directed": true,
+            "properties": {
+                "weight": 0.2
+            }
+        }
+    ],
+    "skipInvalidElements": false,
+    "validate": true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/conf/gafferpop/gafferpop.properties b/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/conf/gafferpop/gafferpop.properties
index fa08069d..4a4920a2 100644
--- a/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/conf/gafferpop/gafferpop.properties
+++ b/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/conf/gafferpop/gafferpop.properties
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 gremlin.graph=uk.gov.gchq.gaffer.tinkerpop.GafferPopGraph
-gaffer.graphId=graph1
+gaffer.graphId=superGraph
 gaffer.storeproperties=conf/gaffer/store.properties
 gaffer.schemas=conf/gaffer/schema/
 gaffer.userId=user01
-# This is required to load data via gremlin queries
-gaffer.elements.notreadonly=true
diff --git a/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/create-deployment.sh b/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/create-deployment.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..bf531a09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/create-deployment.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright 2024 Crown Copyright
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+CURRENT_DIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${0}")")"
+TINKERPOP_MODERN_JSON="${CURRENT_DIR}/conf/gaffer/data/tinkerpop-modern.json"
+GAFFER_REST_URL="http://localhost:8080"
+
+# Make sure we have an evironment file for the image versions
+if [ ! -f "${1}" ]; then
+    echo "Error - Environment file not set"
+    echo "Example: ${0} <envfile>.env"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Remove any existing containers
+docker compose --env-file "${1}" -f "${CURRENT_DIR}/compose.yaml" down
+
+# Start new deployment
+echo "-----------------------------------"
+echo "Starting new deployment..."
+docker compose --env-file "${1}" -f "${CURRENT_DIR}/compose.yaml" up --detach
+
+# Check can connect to instance
+echo "-----------------------------------"
+echo "Attempting to connect to Gaffer instance..."
+if ! docker run --rm --network=host curlimages/curl:latest \
+            curl --retry 20 \
+                 --retry-delay 5 \
+                 --retry-all-errors "${GAFFER_REST_URL}"/rest/graph/status
+then
+    echo "Failed to connect to Gaffer instance"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Load dataset
+echo "-----------------------------------"
+echo "Loading data into Gaffer instance..."
+if ! docker run --rm --network=host curlimages/curl:latest \
+            curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                 --data "$(cat "${TINKERPOP_MODERN_JSON}")" "${GAFFER_REST_URL}"/rest/graph/operations/execute
+then
+    echo "Failed to load tinkerpop modern JSON: ${TINKERPOP_MODERN_JSON}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "-----------------------------------"
+echo "Deployment started!"
diff --git a/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/notebooks/graphnotebook-modern-example.ipynb b/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/notebooks/graphnotebook-modern-example.ipynb
index c6087096..c23f2fb7 100644
--- a/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/notebooks/graphnotebook-modern-example.ipynb
+++ b/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/notebooks/graphnotebook-modern-example.ipynb
@@ -11,24 +11,12 @@
     "along with extended tooling."
    ]
   },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "# Load the modern Graph via the gremlinpython client\n",
-    "from gremlin_python.driver.client import Client\n",
-    "\n",
-    "Client('ws://localhost:8182/gremlin', 'g').submit(\"graph.io(graphml()).readGraph('data/tinkerpop-modern.xml')\")"
-   ]
-  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
     "These cells configure the connection to the gremlin server and reloading the extension,\n",
-    "need to ensure the gaffer-gremlin container is running before connecting."
+    "need to ensure the `gaffer-gremlin` example deployment is running before connecting."
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/notebooks/gremlinpython-modern-example.ipynb b/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/notebooks/gremlinpython-modern-example.ipynb
index 92ecb526..88a9913a 100644
--- a/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/notebooks/gremlinpython-modern-example.ipynb
+++ b/docker/gaffer-gremlin/example/notebooks/gremlinpython-modern-example.ipynb
@@ -32,25 +32,6 @@
     "nest_asyncio.apply()"
    ]
   },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "markdown",
-   "metadata": {},
-   "source": [
-    "Load the 'modern' tinkerpop dataset"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "# Create gremlin client to run gremlin scripts directly\n",
-    "client = Client('ws://localhost:8182/gremlin', 'g')\n",
-    "# Import graphml data with script\n",
-    "client.submit(\"graph.io(graphml()).readGraph('data/tinkerpop-modern.xml')\")"
-   ]
-  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
@@ -114,6 +95,15 @@
    "source": [
     "g.V('1').repeat(__.both().simplePath()).until(__.has('name', 'lop')).limit(3).path().by(__.valueMap()).to_list()"
    ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "g.V('1').outE().as_(\"a\").V('1').values(\"name\").to_list()"
+   ]
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {