diff --git a/.env b/.env
index b8d71cc..ca16ea6 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@ DEBUG=on
 SECRET_KEY=django-insecure-4g&!7-muxr8a*6!pxk$agny_3z5w_bztudcbb7(*@ynco%$c6k
 DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///db.sqlite3
 ULTIMATE_API_KEY=meowp
+POSTGRES_USER=user
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=pass
+POSTGRES_PORT=5432
+BACKEND_PORT=9000
diff --git a/DOCKER.md b/DOCKER.md
index 10354c6..9d742b6 100644
--- a/DOCKER.md
+++ b/DOCKER.md
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ There are 2 images that make up this project:
 - `frogress` - the app itself, based upon [python:3.10-slim](https://hub.docker.com/_/python) image.
 - `postgres` - [postgresql](https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres) database
 
+## Configuration
+
+The following environment variables in `.env` are required to run the services via docker-compose:
+
+- `POSTGRES_USER` self-explanatory. Can be set to `user`.
+- `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` self-explanatory. Can be set to `pass`.
+- `POSTGRES_PORT` to connect to postgres externally. Can be set to `5432`.
+- `BACKEND_PORT` the port to access the service to. Can be set to `9000`.
+
+With the above configuration, you will be able to use the API via `http://localhost:9000`. You can also connect to postgres via `localhost:5432`.
+
 ## Persisted data
 
 The database data is persisted to `./deployment/postgres/data`, this can be changed within the `docker-compose.yaml` file.
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index a38fa9a..b2b87ba 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./deployment/postgres/data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
   frogress:
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: deployment/frogress/Dockerfile
     ports:
-    - "${BACKEND_PORT}:${BACKEND_PORT}"
+      - "${BACKEND_PORT}:8000"
     environment:
-      POSTGRES_HOST: ${POSTGRES_HOST}
+      POSTGRES_HOST: postgres
       POSTGRES_PORT: 5432