diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 5bb4b67..e246ba8 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 target
 README.md
 Dockerfile
+docker-compose.yml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e8dd24..3cfbd3b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,10 +24,19 @@ Intrasys is an internal financial transfers application built with Rust and Axum
 
 ## Quick Start
 
-### 1. Ensure you have rust installed
-Foolow the steps described [here](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install) if you don't
+### Using docker compose
+Just run
 
-### 2. Provision PostgreSQL Database
+```bash
+docker compose up
+```
+
+### Build locally
+
+#### Ensure you have rust installed
+Follow the steps described [here](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install) if you don't
+
+#### Provision PostgreSQL Database
 
 The easiest way is to run a PostgreSQL container with Docker:
 
@@ -35,7 +44,7 @@ The easiest way is to run a PostgreSQL container with Docker:
 docker run --name intrasys-pg -d -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -p 127.0.0.1:5432:5432 postgres:alpine
 ```
 
-### 2. Run the Application
+#### Run the Application
 
 ```bash
 cargo run
@@ -87,7 +96,7 @@ The following variables affect the application behavior:
 - `INTRASYS_PORT` is the port the HTTP server will listen to
 - any of the environmental variables mentioned [here](https://docs.rs/sqlx/latest/sqlx/postgres/struct.PgConnectOptions.html#method.options) affects the postgres database connection
 
-## Running unit tests
+## Running tests
 
 Make sure you have an available postgres database and edit `DATABASE_URL` variable in the `.env` file accordingly. If you've used the docker command mentioned in the *Quickstart*
 section you don't need to change anything.
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2106f14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+volumes:
+  postgres-data:
+    driver: local
+
+services:
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:alpine
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
+    volumes:
+      - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+          limits:
+            cpus: 1.00
+            memory: 256M  
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "pg_isready", "-U", "postgres"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 60s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 5s
+  intrasys:
+    image: gitea.woggioni.net/woggioni/intrasys:latest
+    environment:
+      - PGHOST=postgres
+      - PGUSER=postgres
+      - PGPASSWORD=password
+      - INTRASYS_LOG=trace
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:8080:8080"
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+          limits:
+            cpus: 1.00
+            memory: 32M  
+    depends_on:
+      postgres:
+        condition: service_healthy