diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3445257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+POSTGRES_USER=acacia
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=acacia    
+POSTGRES_DB=acacia
+POSTGRES_HOST=db
+PGDATA=/tmp/data
+DB_NAME=acacia
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3d9d2d0..e9af2d4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
-version: '3'
+version: '3.7'
 services:
+
+  db:
+    image: postgres:11.5
+    container_name: acacia_db
+    env_file: 
+      - .env
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    networks: 
+      - acacia_network
+
   acacia-back:
-    container_name: acacia-backend
+    container_name: acacia_backend
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
@@ -11,6 +22,16 @@ services:
       python manage.py migrate &&
       python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8080"
     ports:
-    - "8080:8080"
+      - "8080:8080"
     volumes:
-    - .:/code
+      - .:/code
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    networks: 
+      - acacia_network
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+      
+networks: 
+  acacia_network:
+    name: acacia_network
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 37412b2..dde4ade 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Django==2.2.4
-djangorestframework==3.10.0
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+djangorestframework==3.10.0
+psycopg2==2.8.3
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