diff --git a/.envdev b/.envdev
index a509bf3..4cab1e7 100644
--- a/.envdev
+++ b/.envdev
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 WEB_PORT=3100
 
-DB_HOSTNAME=127.0.0.1
+DB_HOSTNAME=database
 DB_DATABASE=news
 DB_USERNAME=news
 DB_PASSWORD=charizard
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2004e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM node:15
+
+# Change working directory
+WORKDIR "/app"
+
+# Copy package.json and package-lock.json
+COPY package*.json ./
+
+# Install npm production packages 
+RUN npm install --production
+
+COPY . /app
+
+EXPOSE 3100
+
+USER node
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["npm", "start"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5feddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+
+  app:
+    build:
+      context: .
+    environment:
+      DB_HOSTNAME: database
+      DB_DATABASE: news
+      DB_USERNAME: news
+      DB_PASSWORD: charizard
+      DB_TIMEZONE: Australia/Sydney
+    networks: 
+      - app-network
+    ports:
+      - "3100:3100"
+
+  database:
+    image: mariadb:latest
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: news
+      MYSQL_USER: news
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: charizard
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+    networks: 
+      - app-network
+    volumes:
+      - db-data:/var/lib/mysql
+
+networks:
+  app-network:
+    driver: bridge
+
+volumes:
+  db-data:
+    driver: local
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f5fe27e..7976ad7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "An API centric news server. Uses Sequelize and mariaDB by default.",
   "main": "server/server.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "pm2 start server/server.js --watch",
+    "start": "node server/server.js",
     "dev": "npm run watch:server",
     "watch:server": "nodemon . --ext js,jsx,json --ignore 'node_modules/*'"
   },
diff --git a/server/database/index.js b/server/database/index.js
index bde6631..7d01b93 100644
--- a/server/database/index.js
+++ b/server/database/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const Sequelize = require('sequelize');
 
 const sequelize = new Sequelize(process.env.DB_DATABASE, process.env.DB_USERNAME, process.env.DB_PASSWORD, {
-	host: process.env.DB_HOSTADDR,
+	host: process.env.DB_HOSTNAME,
 	dialect: 'mariadb',
 	timezone: process.env.DB_TIMEZONE,
 	logging: false