diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fcc123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+node_modules
+npm-debug.log
+Dockerfile
+Dockerfile.*
+.git
+.gitignore
diff --git a/Dockerfile.dev b/Dockerfile.dev
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..080d365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+FROM node:22-alpine
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY package.json ./
+COPY pnpm-lock.yaml ./
+
+RUN npm install -g pnpm
+
+RUN pnpm install
+
+# Copy the rest of the application source, excluding node_modules via .dockerignore
+COPY . .
+
+CMD ["pnpm", "run", "dev"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b307acc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+services:
+  db:
+    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg17
+    container_name: postgres
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+      - POSTGRES_DB=${POSTGRES_DB}
+    volumes:
+      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+  app:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.dev
+    container_name: socialdb
+    ports:
+      - "3000:3000"
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+      - POSTGRES_DB=${POSTGRES_DB}
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+volumes:
+  postgres_data:
diff --git a/next.config.ts b/next.config.ts
index e9ffa30..68a6c64 100644
--- a/next.config.ts
+++ b/next.config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { NextConfig } from "next";
 
 const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
-  /* config options here */
+  output: "standalone",
 };
 
 export default nextConfig;