diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e97a087b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+FROM python:3.7-slim
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+WORKDIR /konova
+
+# Install some dependencies
+RUN apt update
+RUN apt install -y gdal-bin
+
+# Copy requirements file into workspace
+COPY ./requirements.txt /konova/
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy rest of project into workspace
+COPY . /konova/
+
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5bddc633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+version: '3.3'
+
+services:
+  redis:
+    image: redis
+    volumes:
+      - /redis/data:/bitnami/redis/data
+    environment:
+      - REDIS_PASSWORD=CHANGE_ME
+
+  konova:
+    external_links:
+      - postgis:db
+    build: .
+    container_name: "konova-docker"
+    command: python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
+    volumes:
+      - .:/konova
+    ports:
+      - "8001:8000"
+    depends_on:
+      - redis
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_NAME=konova
+      - POSTGRES_PORT=5432
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=michel
+      - POSTGRES_USER=konova
+      - POSTGRES_HOST=db
+      - REDIS_HOST=redis
+
+# To provide a celery worker instance, we need to add the celery worker as an own service
+  celery_worker:
+    external_links:
+      - postgis:db
+    build: .
+    container_name: "konova-worker-docker"
+    command: celery -A konova worker -l INFO
+    volumes:
+      - .:/konova
+    depends_on:
+      - konova
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_NAME=konova
+      - POSTGRES_PORT=5432
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=michel
+      - POSTGRES_USER=konova
+      - POSTGRES_HOST=db
+      - REDIS_HOST=redis
+
+# Instead of an own, new network, we need to connect to the existing one, which is provided by the postgis container
+# NOTE: THIS NETWORK MUST EXIST
+networks:
+  default:
+    external:
+      name: postgis_nat_it_backend
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diff --git a/konova/celery.py b/konova/celery.py
index 478f2844..ab06cf7c 100644
--- a/konova/celery.py
+++ b/konova/celery.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ app.config_from_object('django.conf:settings', namespace='CELERY')
 app.autodiscover_tasks()
 
 # Declare redis as broker
-app.conf.broker_url = 'redis://localhost:6379/0'
+app.conf.broker_url = f"redis://{os.environ.get('REDIS_HOST')}:6379/0"
 
 
 @app.task(bind=True)
diff --git a/konova/sub_settings/django_settings.py b/konova/sub_settings/django_settings.py
index bc1a7511..92561481 100644
--- a/konova/sub_settings/django_settings.py
+++ b/konova/sub_settings/django_settings.py
@@ -119,10 +119,11 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = 'konova.wsgi.application'
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis',
-        'NAME': 'konova',
-        'USER': 'postgres',
-        'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
-        'PORT': '5432',
+        'NAME': os.environ.get('POSTGRES_NAME'),
+        'USER': os.environ.get('POSTGRES_USER'),
+        'HOST': os.environ.get('POSTGRES_HOST'),
+        'PASSWORD': os.environ.get('POSTGRES_PASSWORD'),
+        'PORT': os.environ.get('POSTGRES_PORT'),
     }
 }