diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index a889dd3c3..8adb9f75c 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000
-DATABASE_URL="postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/db_name"
-BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=
+DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:super-secret-password@localhost:5432/mail0"
+BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=my-better-auth-secret # Change this to a random string, use `openssl rand -hex 32` to generate a 32 character string
 BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000 #Base URL of your app
 GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=
 GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed2e4eb04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+services:
+  db:
+    container_name: mail0-db
+    image: postgres:17
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: super-secret-password
+      POSTGRES_DB: mail0
+      PGDATA: /var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    volumes:
+      - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+volumes:
+  postgres-data:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7aa32cdf4..2b6ebb4a5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
     "db:generate": "drizzle-kit generate",
     "db:migrate": "drizzle-kit migrate",
     "db:push": "drizzle-kit push",
-    "db:studio": "drizzle-kit studio"
+    "db:studio": "drizzle-kit studio",
+    "docker:up": "docker-compose up -d",
+    "docker:down": "docker-compose down",
+    "docker:clean": "docker-compose down -v"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@radix-ui/react-avatar": "^1.1.3",