diff --git a/.env-example b/.env.example
similarity index 66%
rename from .env-example
rename to .env.example
index e940eff..ffc8e06 100644
--- a/.env-example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@ CERBERUS_HOME=${HOME}/cerberus
 CERBERUS_KEYSTORE_DIR=${CERBERUS_HOME}/data/keystore
 CERBERUS_GRPC_PORT=50051
 CERBERUS_METRICS_PORT=9081
+
+DB_NAME=cerberus
+DB_USER=postgres
+DB_PASSWORD=postgres
+DB_PORT=5432
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index baebeb2..e9e328d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
 services:
   cerberus:
     image: ghcr.io/layr-labs/cerberus:latest
@@ -9,8 +8,29 @@ services:
     environment:
       - "KEYSTORE_DIR=/keystore"
       - "METRICS_PORT=${CERBERUS_METRICS_PORT}"
+      - "POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL=postgres://${DB_USER}:${DB_PASSWORD}@localhost:5432/${DB_NAME}?sslmode=disable"
     volumes:
       - "${CERBERUS_KEYSTORE_DIR}:/keystore"
     env_file:
       - .env
     restart: unless-stopped
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+
+  db:
+    image: postgres:15
+    container_name: db
+    ports:
+      - "${DB_PORT}:${DB_PORT}"
+    environment:
+      - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}"
+      - "POSTGRES_USER=${DB_USER}"
+      - "POSTGRES_DB=${DB_NAME}"
+    volumes:
+      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+volumes:
+  postgres_data:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/database/.env.example b/internal/database/.env.example
index e2271fb..14f51bc 100644
--- a/internal/database/.env.example
+++ b/internal/database/.env.example
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 DB_PASSWORD=password
 DB_USER=user
-DB_NAME=db
+DB_NAME=cerberus
 DB_PORT=5432