diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index bee65c7..1228014 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic
 Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Fixed
+- Fixed Quickstart app so that it runs in a Docker container or with a local PHP server
 
 ## [v1.0.5] - 2024-10-14
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 7045925..0000000
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-ARG PHP_VERSION=8.3
-ARG DEBIAN_VERSION=bookworm
-ARG COMPOSER_VERSION=2.7.6
-
-FROM composer:${COMPOSER_VERSION} as composer
-
-FROM php:${PHP_VERSION}-cli-${DEBIAN_VERSION}
-
-COPY --from=composer /usr/bin/composer /usr/local/bin/composer
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        git=1:2.* libzip-dev=1.* unzip=6.0* zip=3.0* \
-  && docker-php-ext-install zip \
-  && apt-get clean \
-  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 537c5a6..437e0da 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,59 +1,37 @@
 ARGS_PHPUNIT ?=
 
 DOCKER := $(if $(LRN_SDK_NO_DOCKER),,$(shell which docker))
+DOCKER_COMPOSE := docker compose
 
 # PHP Evolution
 SUPPORTED_PHP_VERSIONS = 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3
-PHP_VERSION = $(lastword ${SUPPORTED_PHP_VERSIONS})
+PHP_VERSION ?= $(lastword ${SUPPORTED_PHP_VERSIONS})
 DEBIAN_VERSION-7.1 = buster
 DEBIAN_VERSION-7.2 = buster
 DEBIAN_VERSION-7.3 = bullseye
 DEBIAN_VERSION-7.4 = bullseye
 DEBIAN_VERSION-8.0 = bullseye
 DEBIAN_VERSION-def = bookworm
-DEBIAN_VERSION = $(or $(DEBIAN_VERSION-$(PHP_VERSION)),$(DEBIAN_VERSION-def))
+DEBIAN_VERSION ?= $(or $(DEBIAN_VERSION-$(PHP_VERSION)),$(DEBIAN_VERSION-def))
 COMPOSER_VERSION-7.1 = 2.2
 COMPOSER_VERSION-def = 2.7.6
-COMPOSER_VERSION = $(or $(COMPOSER_VERSION-$(PHP_VERSION)),$(COMPOSER_VERSION-def))
-LOCALHOST = 0.0.0.0
-
-IMAGE = php-cli-composer:$(PHP_VERSION)-$(DEBIAN_VERSION)-$(COMPOSER_VERSION)
+COMPOSER_VERSION ?= $(or $(COMPOSER_VERSION-$(PHP_VERSION)),$(COMPOSER_VERSION-def))
 
 TARGETS = all build devbuild prodbuild \
 	quickstart check-quickstart install-vendor \
 	dist dist-test dist-zip release \
 	lint test test-coverage test-integration-env test-unit \
 	clean clean-dist clean-test clean-vendor
+
 .PHONY: $(TARGETS)
 .default: all
 
-ifneq (,$(DOCKER))
-TTYFLAGS := $(shell if [ -t 0 ] ; then echo "-it"; else echo "-t"; fi)
-# Re-run the make command in a container
-DKR = docker container run $(TTYFLAGS) --rm \
-		-v $(CURDIR):/srv/sdk/php:z,delegated \
-		-v lrn-sdk-php_cache:/root/.composer \
-		-w /srv/sdk/php \
-		-e LRN_SDK_NO_DOCKER=1 \
-		-e ENV -e REGION -e VER \
-		-p 8000:8000 \
-		$(if $(findstring dev,$(ENV)),--net host) \
-		$(IMAGE)
-
-$(TARGETS): $(if $(shell docker image ls -q --filter reference=$(IMAGE)),,docker-build)
-	$(DKR) make -e MAKEFLAGS="$(MAKEFLAGS)" $@
-
-docker-build:
-	docker image build \
-		--progress plain \
-		--build-arg PHP_VERSION=$(PHP_VERSION) \
-		--build-arg DEBIAN_VERSION=$(DEBIAN_VERSION) \
-		--build-arg COMPOSER_VERSION=$(COMPOSER_VERSION) \
-		-t $(IMAGE) .
-.PHONY: docker-build lrn-test-all lrn-test-clean
-
-
-else
+docker-build: install-vendor
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) build php nginx
+
+.PHONY: docker-build
+
+# Local development targets without Docker
 DIST_PREFIX = learnosity_sdk-
 SRC_VERSION := $(shell git describe | sed s/^v//)
 DIST = $(DIST_PREFIX)$(SRC_VERSION)
@@ -64,15 +42,19 @@ COMPOSER_INSTALL_FLAGS = --no-interaction --optimize-autoloader --classmap-autho
 PHPCS= ./vendor/bin/phpcs
 PHPUNIT = ./vendor/bin/phpunit
 
-###
-# quickstart rules
-###
-quickstart: VENDOR_FLAGS = --no-dev
-quickstart: install-vendor
-	cd docs/quickstart && php -S $(LOCALHOST):8000
+quickstart: $(if $(DOCKER),docker-build) $(if $(DOCKER),docker,local)-quickstart
+
+docker-quickstart: VENDOR_FLAGS = --no-dev
+docker-quickstart: install-vendor
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) up -d
+
+local-quickstart: VENDOR_FLAGS = --no-dev
+local-quickstart: install-vendor
+	php -S localhost:8000 -t docs/quickstart
 
 check-quickstart: vendor/autoload.php
 	$(COMPOSER) install $(COMPOSER_INSTALL_FLAGS) --no-dev;
+
 ###
 # internal tooling rules
 ####
@@ -103,15 +85,11 @@ test-integration-env: build
 
 ###
 # dist rules
-#
-# build a dist zip file from the distdir, THEN run the tests in the dist dir,
-# to avoid polluting the distfile with dev dependencies
 ###
 dist: dist-test
 
-# We want to clean first before copying into the .distdir so that we have a clean copy
 dist-zip: clean-test clean-dist
-	mkdir -p .$(DIST) # use a hidden directory so that it doesn't get copied into itself
+	mkdir -p .$(DIST)
 	cp -R * .version .$(DIST)
 	mv .$(DIST) $(DIST)
 	rm -rf $(DIST)/vendor/
@@ -119,7 +97,6 @@ dist-zip: clean-test clean-dist
 	rm -rf $(DIST)/release.sh
 	zip -qr $(DIST).zip $(DIST)
 
-# run tests in the distdir
 dist-test: dist-zip install-vendor
 	$(PHPUNIT) --do-not-cache-result --no-logging --configuration=$(DIST)/phpunit.xml
 
@@ -132,6 +109,7 @@ composer.lock: composer.json
 
 clean: clean-dist clean-test clean-vendor
 	rm -rf $(DIST_PREFIX)*.zip
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) down -v
 
 clean-dist:
 	rm -rf $(DIST_PREFIX)*/
@@ -145,16 +123,7 @@ clean-vendor:
 	rm -rf vendor
 	rm -f composer.lock
 
-# Aliases
-
-devbuild: build
-prodbuild: dist
-
-# The following are real targets, not phony ones
-
-vendor:
-	$(COMPOSER) install $(COMPOSER_INSTALL_FLAGS)
-
+# Package contents
 PKG_CONTENTS = .version \
 	CONTRIBUTING.md LICENSE.md README.md REFERENCE.md ChangeLog.md \
 	composer.json bootstrap.php phpunit.xml \
@@ -169,4 +138,3 @@ $(DIST)/vendor: $(DIST)
 
 $(DIST).zip: $(DIST)/vendor
 	zip -qr $(DIST).zip $(DIST)
-endif
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea38b53..5250a61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,14 +100,44 @@ For production use, you should install the SDK using the Composer package manage
 ## Quick start guide
 Let's take a look at a simple example of the SDK in action. In this example, we'll load an assessment into the browser.
 
-### **Start up your web server**
-You can start the demo by running the following command in the SDK directory:
-
-    make quickstart
-
-If your PHP server is up, we'll assume that your web server is available at this local address: 
-
-    http://localhost:8000
+### Running the Quickstart Application
+
+### **Option 1: Running with Docker (Recommended)**
+To run the quickstart application using Docker, ensure you have Docker and Docker Compose installed on your system. Then follow these steps:
+
+1. Clone the repository (if you haven't already):
+   
+   ```bash
+   git clone https://github.com/Learnosity/learnosity-sdk-php.git
+   cd learnosity-sdk-php
+   ```
+
+2. Start the Docker containers:
+   
+   ```bash
+   make quickstart
+   ```
+
+### **Option 2: Running Locally**
+If you prefer to run the application locally without Docker, follow these prerequisites:
+
+1. Clone the repository (if you haven't already):
+   
+   ```bash
+   git clone https://github.com/Learnosity/learnosity-sdk-php.git
+   cd learnosity-sdk-php
+   ```
+
+2. Ensure you have PHP 8.x installed
+3. Install Composer (https://getcomposer.org/download/)
+
+4. Start the built-in PHP development server:
+  
+   ```bash
+   make quickstart
+   ```
+
+**Note:** Local setup requires PHP 8 runtime libraries and may have additional system dependencies. The Docker method provides a more consistent and isolated environment.
 
 (For more information about the web server configuration, [click here](https://help.learnosity.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000757757-Environment-Setup-Guide))
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62d0e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+version: '3.8'
+
+networks:
+  quickstart-network:
+    driver: bridge
+
+services:
+  nginx:
+    container_name: learnosity-php-sdk-nginx
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: docker/nginx/Dockerfile
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    volumes:
+      - .:/var/www/html
+    environment:
+      APPLICATION_SERVER_LANGUAGE: php
+      UPSTREAM_APPLICATION_SERVICE: php:9000
+    depends_on:
+      - php
+    networks:
+      quickstart-network:
+        aliases:
+          - nginx
+
+  php:
+    container_name: learnosity-php-sdk-php-frm
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: docker/php/Dockerfile
+      args:
+        PHP_VERSION: ${PHP_VERSION:-8.3}
+        DEBIAN_VERSION: ${DEBIAN_VERSION:-bookworm}
+        COMPOSER_VERSION: ${COMPOSER_VERSION:-2.7.6}
+    volumes:
+      - .:/var/www/html
+    environment:
+      - SERVER_NAME=localhost
+    networks:
+      quickstart-network:
+        aliases:
+          - php
diff --git a/docker/nginx/Dockerfile b/docker/nginx/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..537f000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/nginx/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM nginx:stable-alpine
+
+# Copy custom nginx configuration
+COPY ./docker/nginx/default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+
+WORKDIR /var/www/html
+
+# Optional: Add any additional Nginx-specific configurations or setup
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
diff --git a/docker/nginx/default.conf b/docker/nginx/default.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5ec324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/nginx/default.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+server {
+    listen 8000;
+    server_name localhost;
+    root /var/www/html/docs/quickstart;
+    index index.php index.html;
+
+    location / {
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
+    }
+
+    location ~ \.php$ {
+        fastcgi_pass php:9000;
+        fastcgi_index index.php;
+        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
+        include fastcgi_params;
+        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
+        fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docker/php/Dockerfile b/docker/php/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0ed4da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/php/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+ARG PHP_VERSION=8.3
+ARG DEBIAN_VERSION=bookworm
+ARG COMPOSER_VERSION=2.7.6
+
+FROM php:${PHP_VERSION}-fpm-${DEBIAN_VERSION}
+
+# Install necessary dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    git=1:2.* \
+    libzip-dev=1.* \
+    unzip=6.0* \
+    zip=3.0* \
+    && docker-php-ext-install zip \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Configure PHP-FPM to listen on TCP/IP
+RUN sed -i 's/listen = \/run\/php-fpm.sock/listen = 127.0.0.1:9000/g' /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
+
+WORKDIR /var/www/html
+
+EXPOSE 9000
+
+CMD ["php-fpm"]