diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..baad87b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+POSTGRES_USER=postgres
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
+POSTGRES_DB=pandektes
+POSTGRES_PORT=5432
+
+DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/pandektes?schema=public"
+
+PORT=3000
+NODE_ENV=development
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4b56acf..e6a342a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -54,3 +54,6 @@ pids
 
 # Diagnostic reports (https://nodejs.org/api/report.html)
 report.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.json
+
+/generated/prisma
+src/schema.gql
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
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+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+services:
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:16-alpine
+    container_name: pandektes-postgres
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER:-postgres}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-yourPassword}
+      POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB:-pandektes}
+    ports:
+      - "${POSTGRES_PORT:-5432}:5432"
+    volumes:
+      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+volumes:
+  postgres_data:
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