diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b5bd985..b9a408d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ cdk.out
 .env
 .ipynb_checkpoints
 data/
+
+.pgdata
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4d6de4..d4dc039 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ To add append to a table:
 
 `ogr2ogr -f "PostgreSQL" PG:"host=HOST dbname=DBNAME user=USER password=PASSWORD" "LargeFires_2012-2020.gpkg" -nln fire_boundaries2 -append`
 
+## Docker for local development
+
+To run locally on docker use:
+
+`docker compose up`
+
+To append to the docker database:
+
+`ogr2ogr -f "PostgreSQL" PG:"host=localhost dbname=postgis user=username password=password" "LargeFires_2012-2020.gpkg" -nln fire_boundaries2 -append`
+
 ## Commiting
 We use this action to create tags https://github.com/mathieudutour/github-tag-action
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2cb0c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  app:
+    build:
+      dockerfile: local/Dockerfile
+    environment:
+      - HOST=0.0.0.0
+      - PORT=8081
+      - PYTHONWARNINGS=ignore
+      - POSTGRES_USER=username
+      - POSTGRES_PASS=password
+      - POSTGRES_DBNAME=postgis
+      - POSTGRES_HOST=database
+      - POSTGRES_PORT=5432
+      - DEBUG=TRUE
+    ports:
+      - "${MY_DOCKER_IP:-127.0.0.1}:8081:8081"
+    depends_on:
+    - database
+    command:
+      bash -c "bash /tmp/scripts/wait-for-it.sh database:5432 --timeout=0
+      && uvicorn app.handler:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8081 --reload"
+    volumes:
+      - ./scripts:/tmp/scripts
+      - ./stack/app:/tmp/app
+  database:
+    build:
+      dockerfile: local/Dockerfile.db
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=username
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
+      - POSTGRES_DB=postgis
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    command: postgres -N 500
+    volumes:
+      - ./.pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/local/Dockerfile b/local/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..405638b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.10
+
+FROM ghcr.io/vincentsarago/uvicorn-gunicorn:${PYTHON_VERSION}
+
+WORKDIR /tmp
+
+COPY stack/app/requirements.txt requirements.txt
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# ENV MODULE_NAME app.handler
+# ENV VARIABLE_NAME app
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/local/Dockerfile.db b/local/Dockerfile.db
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a030b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/Dockerfile.db
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+FROM ghcr.io/vincentsarago/postgis:14-3.3
+
+#sample data
+# COPY data /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/wait-for-it.sh b/scripts/wait-for-it.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7593a22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/wait-for-it.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Use this script to test if a given TCP host/port are available
+
+######################################################
+# Copied from https://github.com/vishnubob/wait-for-it
+######################################################
+
+WAITFORIT_cmdname=${0##*/}
+
+echoerr() { if [[ $WAITFORIT_QUIET -ne 1 ]]; then echo "$@" 1>&2; fi }
+
+usage()
+{
+    cat << USAGE >&2
+Usage:
+    $WAITFORIT_cmdname host:port [-s] [-t timeout] [-- command args]
+    -h HOST | --host=HOST       Host or IP under test
+    -p PORT | --port=PORT       TCP port under test
+                                Alternatively, you specify the host and port as host:port
+    -s | --strict               Only execute subcommand if the test succeeds
+    -q | --quiet                Don't output any status messages
+    -t TIMEOUT | --timeout=TIMEOUT
+                                Timeout in seconds, zero for no timeout
+    -- COMMAND ARGS             Execute command with args after the test finishes
+USAGE
+    exit 1
+}
+
+wait_for()
+{
+    if [[ $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT -gt 0 ]]; then
+        echoerr "$WAITFORIT_cmdname: waiting $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT seconds for $WAITFORIT_HOST:$WAITFORIT_PORT"
+    else
+        echoerr "$WAITFORIT_cmdname: waiting for $WAITFORIT_HOST:$WAITFORIT_PORT without a timeout"
+    fi
+    WAITFORIT_start_ts=$(date +%s)
+    while :
+    do
+        if [[ $WAITFORIT_ISBUSY -eq 1 ]]; then
+            nc -z $WAITFORIT_HOST $WAITFORIT_PORT
+            WAITFORIT_result=$?
+        else
+            (echo -n > /dev/tcp/$WAITFORIT_HOST/$WAITFORIT_PORT) >/dev/null 2>&1
+            WAITFORIT_result=$?
+        fi
+        if [[ $WAITFORIT_result -eq 0 ]]; then
+            WAITFORIT_end_ts=$(date +%s)
+            echoerr "$WAITFORIT_cmdname: $WAITFORIT_HOST:$WAITFORIT_PORT is available after $((WAITFORIT_end_ts - WAITFORIT_start_ts)) seconds"
+            break
+        fi
+        sleep 1
+    done
+    return $WAITFORIT_result
+}
+
+wait_for_wrapper()
+{
+    # In order to support SIGINT during timeout: http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/57692
+    if [[ $WAITFORIT_QUIET -eq 1 ]]; then
+        timeout $WAITFORIT_BUSYTIMEFLAG $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT $0 --quiet --child --host=$WAITFORIT_HOST --port=$WAITFORIT_PORT --timeout=$WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT &
+    else
+        timeout $WAITFORIT_BUSYTIMEFLAG $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT $0 --child --host=$WAITFORIT_HOST --port=$WAITFORIT_PORT --timeout=$WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT &
+    fi
+    WAITFORIT_PID=$!
+    trap "kill -INT -$WAITFORIT_PID" INT
+    wait $WAITFORIT_PID
+    WAITFORIT_RESULT=$?
+    if [[ $WAITFORIT_RESULT -ne 0 ]]; then
+        echoerr "$WAITFORIT_cmdname: timeout occurred after waiting $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT seconds for $WAITFORIT_HOST:$WAITFORIT_PORT"
+    fi
+    return $WAITFORIT_RESULT
+}
+
+# process arguments
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]
+do
+    case "$1" in
+        *:* )
+        WAITFORIT_hostport=(${1//:/ })
+        WAITFORIT_HOST=${WAITFORIT_hostport[0]}
+        WAITFORIT_PORT=${WAITFORIT_hostport[1]}
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        --child)
+        WAITFORIT_CHILD=1
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -q | --quiet)
+        WAITFORIT_QUIET=1
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -s | --strict)
+        WAITFORIT_STRICT=1
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -h)
+        WAITFORIT_HOST="$2"
+        if [[ $WAITFORIT_HOST == "" ]]; then break; fi
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+        --host=*)
+        WAITFORIT_HOST="${1#*=}"
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -p)
+        WAITFORIT_PORT="$2"
+        if [[ $WAITFORIT_PORT == "" ]]; then break; fi
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+        --port=*)
+        WAITFORIT_PORT="${1#*=}"
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -t)
+        WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT="$2"
+        if [[ $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT == "" ]]; then break; fi
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+        --timeout=*)
+        WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT="${1#*=}"
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        --)
+        shift
+        WAITFORIT_CLI=("$@")
+        break
+        ;;
+        --help)
+        usage
+        ;;
+        *)
+        echoerr "Unknown argument: $1"
+        usage
+        ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [[ "$WAITFORIT_HOST" == "" || "$WAITFORIT_PORT" == "" ]]; then
+    echoerr "Error: you need to provide a host and port to test."
+    usage
+fi
+
+WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT=${WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT:-15}
+WAITFORIT_STRICT=${WAITFORIT_STRICT:-0}
+WAITFORIT_CHILD=${WAITFORIT_CHILD:-0}
+WAITFORIT_QUIET=${WAITFORIT_QUIET:-0}
+
+# Check to see if timeout is from busybox?
+WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT_PATH=$(type -p timeout)
+WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT_PATH=$(realpath $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT_PATH 2>/dev/null || readlink -f $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT_PATH)
+
+WAITFORIT_BUSYTIMEFLAG=""
+if [[ $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT_PATH =~ "busybox" ]]; then
+    WAITFORIT_ISBUSY=1
+    # Check if busybox timeout uses -t flag
+    # (recent Alpine versions don't support -t anymore)
+    if timeout &>/dev/stdout | grep -q -e '-t '; then
+        WAITFORIT_BUSYTIMEFLAG="-t"
+    fi
+else
+    WAITFORIT_ISBUSY=0
+fi
+
+if [[ $WAITFORIT_CHILD -gt 0 ]]; then
+    wait_for
+    WAITFORIT_RESULT=$?
+    exit $WAITFORIT_RESULT
+else
+    if [[ $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT -gt 0 ]]; then
+        wait_for_wrapper
+        WAITFORIT_RESULT=$?
+    else
+        wait_for
+        WAITFORIT_RESULT=$?
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [[ $WAITFORIT_CLI != "" ]]; then
+    if [[ $WAITFORIT_RESULT -ne 0 && $WAITFORIT_STRICT -eq 1 ]]; then
+        echoerr "$WAITFORIT_cmdname: strict mode, refusing to execute subprocess"
+        exit $WAITFORIT_RESULT
+    fi
+    exec "${WAITFORIT_CLI[@]}"
+else
+    exit $WAITFORIT_RESULT
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stack/app.py b/stack/app.py
index 2a6f1b4..018992d 100644
--- a/stack/app.py
+++ b/stack/app.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         setup_db = BootstrappedDb(
             self,
-            "STAC DB for EIS Fires",
+            "Features DB for EIS Fires",
             db=db,
             new_dbname=db_settings.dbname,
             new_username=db_settings.user,
diff --git a/stack/config.py b/stack/config.py
index d7c032f..f6ffcdd 100644
--- a/stack/config.py
+++ b/stack/config.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class APISettings(pydantic.BaseSettings):
     """Application settings"""
 
     name: str = "tifeatures-timvt"
-    stage: str = "staging"
+    stage: str = "dev"
 
     owner: Optional[str]
     client: Optional[str]