diff --git a/BlueWest.Api/BlueWest.Api.csproj b/BlueWest.Api/BlueWest.Api.csproj
index 971d059..857f5ac 100644
--- a/BlueWest.Api/BlueWest.Api.csproj
+++ b/BlueWest.Api/BlueWest.Api.csproj
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql" Version="6.0.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="5.6.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Swagger" Version="6.2.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/BlueWest.Api/Dockerfile b/BlueWest.Api/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a965d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BlueWest.Api/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:6.0 AS base
+WORKDIR /app
+#EXPOSE 80
+#EXPOSE 443
+
+
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:6.0 AS build
+WORKDIR /src
+
+COPY ["BlueWest.Api/BlueWest.Api.csproj", "BlueWest.Api/"]
+COPY [".", "."]
+
+RUN dotnet restore "BlueWest.Api/BlueWest.Api.csproj"
+RUN dotnet build "BlueWest.Api/BlueWest.Api.csproj" -c Release -o /app/build 
+
+FROM build AS publish
+RUN dotnet publish "BlueWest.Api/BlueWest.Api.csproj" -c Release -o /app/publish --self-contained false
+
+FROM base AS final
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=publish /app/publish .
+#ENV ASPNETCORE_URLS http://0.0.0.0:80 
+WORKDIR /app
+ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "BlueWest.Api.dll" ]
diff --git a/BlueWest.Api/Program.cs b/BlueWest.Api/Program.cs
index b7c4288..ad93092 100644
--- a/BlueWest.Api/Program.cs
+++ b/BlueWest.Api/Program.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ namespace BlueWest.WebApi
         }
         public static IHostBuilder CreateHostBuilder(string[] args) =>
             Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
+                
                 .ConfigureWebHostDefaults(webBuilder =>
                 {
                     webBuilder.UseStartup<Startup>();
diff --git a/BlueWest.Api/Startup.cs b/BlueWest.Api/Startup.cs
index 3eb97c4..0d1769b 100644
--- a/BlueWest.Api/Startup.cs
+++ b/BlueWest.Api/Startup.cs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ namespace BlueWest.WebApi
                 app.UseSwaggerUI(c => c.SwaggerEndpoint("/swagger/v1/swagger.json", "BlueWest.Api v1"));
             }
 
-            app.UseHttpsRedirection();
+            //app.UseHttpsRedirection();
 
             app.UseRouting();
             app.UseCors(MyAllowSpecificOrigins);
diff --git a/BlueWest.Api/appsettings.json b/BlueWest.Api/appsettings.json
index cadbc89..053cd92 100644
--- a/BlueWest.Api/appsettings.json
+++ b/BlueWest.Api/appsettings.json
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
   },
   "AllowedHosts": "*",
   "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "LocalMySQL": "server=127.0.0.1;user=blueuser;password=JwuWxhWxhh$X1;database=bluedb;"
+    "LocalMySQL": "server=db;user=blueuser;password=dXjw127124dJ;database=bluedb;"
   }
 }
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cc3279..0000000
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:6.0 AS base
-WORKDIR /app
-EXPOSE 80
-EXPOSE 443
-
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:6.0 AS build
-WORKDIR /src
-#COPY BlueWest/*.csproj ./BlueWest/
-#COPY BlueWest.Api/*.csproj ./BlueWest.Api/
-#COPY BlueWest.Data/*.csproj ./BlueWest.Data/
-#
-#COPY include/Math-Expression-Evaluator/SimpleExpressionEvaluator/*.csproj ./include/Math-Expression-Evaluator/SimpleExpressionEvaluator/
-#COPY include/Math-Expression-Evaluator/SimpleExpressionEvaluator.Tests/*.csproj ./include/Math-Expression-Evaluator/SimpleExpressionEvaluator.Tests/
-#COPY include/MapTo/src/BlueWest.MapTo/*.csproj ./include/MapTo/src/BlueWest.MapTo/
-#COPY include/MapTo/src/BlueWest.MapTo/MapTo.props ./include/MapTo/src/BlueWest.MapTo/
-COPY ["BlueWest.Api/BlueWest.Api.csproj", "BlueWest.Api/"]
-RUN dotnet restore "BlueWest.Api/BlueWest.Api.csproj"
-COPY . .
-WORKDIR "/src/BlueWest.Api"
-RUN dotnet build "BlueWest.Api.csproj" -c Release -o /app/build 
-
-FROM build AS publish
-RUN dotnet publish "BlueWest.Api.csproj" -c Release -o /app/publish --self-contained false
-
-FROM base AS final
-WORKDIR /app
-COPY --from=publish /app/publish .
-ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "BlueWest.Api.dll"]
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diff --git a/Dockerfile_old b/Dockerfile_old
deleted file mode 100644
index a1c21b2..0000000
--- a/Dockerfile_old
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-dotnet
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:6.0 AS build
-WORKDIR /source
-
-# copy csproj and restore as distinct layers
-COPY *.sln .
-COPY BlueWest/*.csproj ./BlueWest/
-COPY BlueWest.Api/*.csproj ./BlueWest.Api/
-COPY BlueWest.Data/*.csproj ./BlueWest.Data/
-
-COPY include/Math-Expression-Evaluator/SimpleExpressionEvaluator/*.csproj ./include/Math-Expression-Evaluator/SimpleExpressionEvaluator/
-COPY include/Math-Expression-Evaluator/SimpleExpressionEvaluator.Tests/*.csproj ./include/Math-Expression-Evaluator/SimpleExpressionEvaluator.Tests/
-COPY include/MapTo/src/BlueWest.MapTo/*.csproj ./include/MapTo/src/BlueWest.MapTo/
-COPY include/MapTo/src/BlueWest.MapTo/MapTo.props ./include/MapTo/src/BlueWest.MapTo/
-
-RUN dotnet restore
-
-# copy everything else and build app
-COPY BlueWest/. ./BlueWest/
-WORKDIR /source/BlueWest.Api
-#RUN dotnet publish -c release -o /app --no-restore
-RUN mkdir -p xo
-
-RUN dotnet publish "BlueWest.Api.csproj" -c Release -o xo --no-restore
-
-workdir xo
-
-# final stage/image
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:6.0
-ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "BlueWest.Api.dll"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e69de29..7e0b3f0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# BlueWest Project
+
+
+## Using docker
+
+To build the BlueWest.Api image use:
+
+`docker build -f BlueWest.Api/Dockerfile . -t myappdebug`
+
+Copy the generated hash, and run:
+
+` docker run -p 8080:80 image-hash` 
+
+
+## Using Docker Compose
+
+Run the following command to instance a MySQL database and the API:
+
+`docker-compose up --build --force-recreate`
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5971941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+version: '3'
+services:
+  bapi120:
+    build: 
+      context: ./ 
+      dockerfile: ./BlueWest.Api/Dockerfile
+    ports:
+      - 8080:80
+    environment:
+      VIRTUAL_HOST: localhost
+    restart: always
+    links:
+      - db:db
+    container_name: BAPI281
+  db:
+    image: mysql/mysql-server:8.0
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_HOST: db
+      MYSQL_USER_HOST: db
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: dXjw127124dJ
+      MYSQL_USER: blueuser
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: dXjw127124dJ
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: bluedb
+    volumes:
+      - ./docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
+   # ports:
+    #  - "3308:3306"
+
+      
+  
+  
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