diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..13a2081 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /target
+/postgres-data
diff --git a/.ok b/.ok
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3637de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ok
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+db.start: docker compose up -d
+db.stop: docker compose down
+db.reset: docker compose down -v --remove-orphans
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc36512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+services:
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:latest
+    container_name: postgres-uplifting-api
+    ports:
+      - "5401:5432"
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+      POSTGRES_DB: postgres
+    volumes:
+      - ./postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+volumes:
+  postgres-data: