diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d698750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+FROM rust:latest AS builder
+WORKDIR /usr/src/hal
+COPY . .
+RUN cargo install --path .
+
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libpq5 libssl3 && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN mkdir -pv /srv/hal
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/cargo/bin/hal /srv/hal
+RUN chmod a+x /srv/hal/hal
+COPY --from=builder /usr/src/hal/config /srv/hal/config
+COPY --from=builder /usr/src/hal/txt /srv/hal/txt
+RUN find /srv/hal/
+WORKDIR /srv/hal
+CMD ["./hal", "-e", "development"]
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9c6f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+services:
+  hal:
+    depends_on:
+      psql:
+        condition: service_started
+        restart: true
+    build: .
+    environment:
+      - DISCORD_TOKEN=${DISCORD_TOKEN}
+      - RUST_LOG=warn
+  psql:
+    image: postgres
+    restart: always
+    # set shared memory limit when using docker compose
+    shm_size: 128mb
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "7ZhUVzr7sxcPEEDMdxfEryW4NTZX5C2ufzZd3r2s25xULgH7FWXJVts"
diff --git a/config/development.hal.json b/config/development.hal.json
index 8910657..b8b0d7c 100644
--- a/config/development.hal.json
+++ b/config/development.hal.json
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   "prefix": "!",
   "nickname": "Hal 9000",
   "database": {
-    "host": "127.0.0.1",
-    "user": "badgey_development",
+    "host": "psql",
+    "user": "postgres",
     "pass": "7ZhUVzr7sxcPEEDMdxfEryW4NTZX5C2ufzZd3r2s25xULgH7FWXJVts",
-    "database_name": "hal_development",
+    "database_name": "postgres",
     "port": 5432
   },
   "channels": {
diff --git a/src/hal/mod.rs b/src/hal/mod.rs
index 461c540..3176f40 100644
--- a/src/hal/mod.rs
+++ b/src/hal/mod.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ pub async fn run(arguments: ArgMatches) {
     let git_info: String = built_info::GIT_VERSION.unwrap_or("unknown").to_string();
     let version_string = format!("Hal 9000 Bot version {ver} built at {time} from revision {rev}", ver=built_info::PKG_VERSION, time=built_info::BUILT_TIME_UTC, rev=git_info).to_string();
 
+    warn!("HAL Client initialising...");
+
     let client = match manifold::prepare_client::<HalHandler>(arguments, GatewayIntents::all(), commands::collect_commands(), version_string, MIGRATIONS).await {
         Ok(c) => c,
         Err(e) => {
@@ -24,5 +26,7 @@ pub async fn run(arguments: ArgMatches) {
         }
     };
 
+    warn!("HAL Client connecting...");
+
     let _ = client.build().await.unwrap().start().await;
 }
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