diff --git a/compose.dev.yml b/compose.dev.yml
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+version: '3.5'
+volumes:
+  gorb-backend:
+  gorb-database:
+networks:
+  gorb:
+services:
+  backend:
+    image: gorb/backend
+    build:
+      dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - 8080:8080
+    networks:
+      - gorb
+    volumes:
+      - gorb-backend:/gorb
+    environment:
+      #- RUST_LOG=debug
+      - DATABASE_USERNAME=gorb
+      - DATABASE_PASSWORD=gorb
+      - DATABASE=gorb
+      - DATABASE_HOST=database
+      - DATABASE_PORT=5432
+  database:
+    image: postgres:16
+    restart: always
+    networks:
+      - gorb
+    volumes:
+      - gorb-database:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=gorb
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=gorb
+      - POSTGRES_DB=gorb
diff --git a/run-dev.sh b/run-dev.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+podman-compose --file compose.dev.yml up --build
+
+echo "SHUTTING DOWN CONTAINERS"
+podman container stop backend_backend_1 backend_database_1
+
+echo "DELETING CONTAINERS"
+podman container rm backend_backend_1 backend_database_1