diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a6549a2..28907e1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ apocapoc-api
 dist/
 bin/
 .internal-notes/
-docker-compose.dev.yml
+docker-compose.yml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index faaa2e0..dde880c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ The API will be available at `http://localhost:8080`
 ### Running locally with Docker (Recommended)
 
 ```bash
-cp docker-compose.dev.example.yml docker-compose.dev.yml
-docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up --build
+cp docker-compose.example.yml docker-compose.yml
+docker-compose up --build
 ```
 
 The API will be available at `http://localhost:8080`
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.example.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from docker-compose.dev.example.yml
rename to docker-compose.dev.yml
diff --git a/docker-compose.example.yml b/docker-compose.example.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f94d8f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.example.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+services:
+  api:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    environment:
+      - DB_PATH=/data/apocapoc.db
+      - JWT_SECRET=dev-secret-key-change-in-production
+      - JWT_EXPIRY=24h
+      - REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRY=168h
+      - CORS_ORIGINS=*
+      - DEFAULT_TIMEZONE=UTC
+    volumes:
+      - ./data:/data
+    restart: unless-stopped