diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 238e0ab..4eb9f7b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ db.sqlite3-journal
 instance/
 .webassets-cache
 
+# docker stuff:
+data/
+docker.env
+
 # Scrapy stuff:
 .scrapy
 
@@ -139,3 +143,4 @@ dmypy.json
 /CDC_Backend/Storage/
 .idea
 *.pyc
+
diff --git a/CDC_Backend/CDC_Backend/settings.py b/CDC_Backend/CDC_Backend/settings.py
index 4c24f27..46727c5 100644
--- a/CDC_Backend/CDC_Backend/settings.py
+++ b/CDC_Backend/CDC_Backend/settings.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ SECRET_KEY = 'e_i2g3z!y4+p3dwm%k9k=zmsot@aya-0$mmetgxz4mp#8_oy#*'
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['cdc-iitdh.herokuapp.com/', 'localhost', '192.168.29.199']
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['cdc-iitdh.herokuapp.com/', 'localhost', '192.168.29.199', '127.0.0.1']
 
 # Application definition
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7190339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+FROM python:3
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+WORKDIR /code
+COPY requirements.txt /code/
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+COPY . /code/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8758a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+version: "3.9"
+
+services:
+  db:
+    image: postgres
+    volumes:
+      - ./data/db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_DB=postgres
+      - POSTGRES_USER=postgres
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
+  web:
+    build: .
+    command:  python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
+    volumes:
+      - .:/code
+    working_dir: /code/CDC_backend
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    env_file: docker.env
+    depends_on:
+      - db
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example.docker.env b/example.docker.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bddb0e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example.docker.env
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+DEBUG=True
+EMAIL=<EMAIL>
+EMAIL_PASSWORD=<APP_SECRET>
+SECRET_KEY=<OUR_SECRET_KEY>
+EMAIL_VERIFICATION_SECRET_KEY=<OUR_SECRET_KEY>
+DB_NAME=<DB_NAME>
+DB_USER=<DB_USER>
+DB_PASSWORD=<DB_PASSWORD>
+DB_HOST=db
+DB_PORT=5432
+RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY=<RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY>