diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index efb6152..adeba39 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ citysync/__pycache__/
 *.pyc
 citysync/.env
 citysync/venv/
+
+.env
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7b17c6a..6908ba0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 FROM python:3-alpine
 
-# Exposes the default test development server on post 5000. 
-# Consumer needs to map to this port using either randon (-P) or single specific (-p) to docker run
-EXPOSE 5000
-
 # Create directory for app install. Consider changes when we use NGINX or APACHE
 RUN mkdir -p /root/citysync/
 ADD citysync /root/citysync/
 
-# Copy readymade data seeded TEST sqlite3 database. Consider changes when we use PostgreSQL 
-COPY database-devel.sqlite3 /root/citysync/
+# Set environment variables
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 
 # Install the requirements. Need a base version of python 3.6 at the least. 
 WORKDIR /root/citysync/
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 
+# Exposes the default test development server on post 5000. 
+# Consumer needs to map to this port using either randon (-P) or single specific (-p) to docker run
+EXPOSE 5000
+
 # Start the development server
 ENTRYPOINT [ "python3" ]
 CMD ["-u", "manage.py" ]
diff --git a/citysync/database-devel.sqlite3 b/citysync/database-devel.sqlite3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0b8b79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+version: '3'
+services:
+  api:
+    build: .
+    # depends_on: 
+    #   - db
+    # links:
+    #   - "db: database"
+    ports:
+      - '5000:5000'
+    command: python manage.py
+    # volumes:
+    #   - ./citysync/:/root/citysync
+    # env_file: .env
+  # db:
+  #   image: postgres
+  #   restart: always
+  #   environment:
+  #     - POSTGRES_USER=${DATABASE_USER}
+  #     - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DATABASE_PASSWORD}
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