diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d30ed20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+FROM python:3.11
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY . /app
+
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
diff --git a/backend/README.md b/backend/README.md
index 51bef2b..60e6ec3 100644
--- a/backend/README.md
+++ b/backend/README.md
@@ -29,3 +29,9 @@
 ## Delete DB
 
 `python3 delete_db.py`
+
+## Deployment
+
+```
+docker compose up --build
+```
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diff --git a/backend/docker-compose.yml b/backend/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..977da9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  chroma:
+    image: chromadb/chroma
+    ports:
+      - 8000:8000
+    volumes:
+      - /tmp/rando_data:/chroma/chroma
+
+  web:
+    build: .
+    command: sh -c "sleep 10 && uvicorn main:app --reload --port=8080 --host=0.0.0.0"
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    ports:
+      - 8080:8080
+    depends_on:
+      - chroma
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diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index 752e9f9..60816be 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 # Initialize FastAPI app
 app = FastAPI()
 
-# In-memory database
-client = chromadb.PersistentClient(path="/tmp")
+client = chromadb.HttpClient(host="chroma", port = 8000)
 collection = client.get_or_create_collection(name="messages")
 
 # Initialize the custom logger