diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcf424a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+FROM eclipse-temurin:21-jdk-alpine
+VOLUME /tmp
+COPY build/libs/backend-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar /app.jar
+ENTRYPOINT ["java", "-jar", "/app.jar"]
diff --git a/backend/compose.yaml b/backend/compose.yaml
index 7c8044f..80902c9 100644
--- a/backend/compose.yaml
+++ b/backend/compose.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 services:
+  backend:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - 4000:8080
   postgres:
     image: 'postgres:latest'
     environment: