diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b6b155e..6d981f8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ COPY . /opt/eventman/
 
 WORKDIR /opt/eventman/
 ENTRYPOINT ["./eventman_server.py"]
-CMD ["--debug"]
+CMD ["--debug", "--mongo_url=mongodb://eventman-mongo"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..125e9a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+version: '3'
+services:
+  eventman:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+     - "5242:5242"
+  eventman-mongo:
+    image: "mongo:latest"