diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 8fd5e22a..1279d674 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 spring.application.name=backend
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/postgres
-spring.datasource.username=${USERNAME}
-spring.datasource.password=${PASSWORD}
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/${DB_NAME:postgres}
+spring.datasource.username=${USERNAME:postgres}
+spring.datasource.password=${PASSWORD:example}
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.postgresql.Driver
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create-drop
 spring.jpa.show-sql=true
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46c079c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+services:
+
+  postgres-db:
+    image: postgres:16
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+       - 5432:5432
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: example
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