diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 153c9626..65c2d395 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # ignore everything beginning with dot by default
 .*
 
-
 ansible*
 
 # any local data
@@ -15,6 +14,3 @@ docs
 media
 node_modules
 staticfiles
-
-
-!.dockerignore
diff --git a/.env.docker.sample b/.env.docker.sample
index 996f72aa..451813b3 100644
--- a/.env.docker.sample
+++ b/.env.docker.sample
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ AMAZON_PROVIDER_ID=697
 AMAZON_REMOTE_API_ENDPOINT="https://ip-ranges.amazonaws.com/ip-ranges.json"
 
 GOOGLE_PROVIDER_ID=597
-GOOGLE_DATASET_ENDPOINT="https://www.gstatic.com/ipranges/cloud.json"7
+GOOGLE_DATASET_ENDPOINT="https://www.gstatic.com/ipranges/cloud.json"
 
 
 # ; used to allow for convenient access to the aws cli
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 49bf6cda..b6fb9e6b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 FROM python:3.11 as production
 
+
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get upgrade --yes
+RUN apt-get install wget --no-install-recommends --yes
+RUN wget https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x -O /tmp/setup_18.x.sh --no-check-certificate
+RUN bash /tmp/setup_18.x.sh
+RUN apt-get install nodejs --no-install-recommends --yes
+
+
 # Install dependencies in a virtualenv
 ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/app/.venv
 
@@ -30,9 +39,6 @@ ENV PATH=$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH \
 # server (Gunicorn). Heroku will ignore this.
 EXPOSE 9000
 
-# Don't use the root user as it's an anti-pattern and Heroku does not run
-# containers as root either.
-# https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/container-registry-and-runtime#dockerfile-commands-and-runtime
 USER deploy
 
 # Install your app's Python requirements.
@@ -43,19 +49,19 @@ RUN python -m pip install uv wheel --upgrade
 # Copy application code.
 COPY --chown=deploy . .
 
+
 # install dependencies via UV
 RUN uv pip install -r requirements/requirements.linux.generated.txt 
 
-
 # set up front end pipeline
-RUN python./manage.py tailwind install
-RUN python./manage.py tailwind build
+RUN python ./manage.py tailwind install
+RUN python ./manage.py tailwind build
 
-# run npx rollup in correct directory
+# # # run npx rollup in correct directory
 RUN cd ./apps/theme/static_src/ && \
     npx rollup --config
 
-# TODO Collect static. This command will move static files from application
-# directories and "static_compiled" folder to the main static directory that
-# will be served by the WSGI server.
-# RUN SECRET_KEY=none python manage.py collectstatic --noinput --clear
+# # TODO Collect static. This command will move static files from application
+# # directories and "static_compiled" folder to the main static directory that
+# # will be served by the WSGI server.
+RUN python ./manage.py collectstatic --noinput --clear
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e2e06d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+
+services:
+  db:
+    image: mariadb:10.11
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=deploy
+      - MYSQL_DATABASE=greencheck
+      - MYSQL_USER=deploy
+      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=deploy
+    expose:
+      - 3306
+  rabbitmq:
+    image: rabbitmq:3.11
+    restart: always
+    expose:
+      - 5672
+    ports:
+      - 5672:5672
+  django:
+    env_file:
+    - path: ./.env.docker
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: greenweb-app
+    image: greenweb-app
+    expose:
+      - 9000
+    ports:
+      - 9000:9000
+    volumes:
+      - ./apps:/app/apps
+      - ./greenweb:/app/greenweb
+    restart: always
+    depends_on:
+      - db