diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 65834fb..78836ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -164,4 +164,5 @@ cython_debug/
 
 **/__pycache__/
 
-.vscode/
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode/
+schema.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..425210d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+FROM python:3.13.0-bullseye
+
+ENV PYTHONBUFFERED=1
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY . /app/
+ADD . /app/
+COPY scripts/ /app/scripts/
+RUN chmod +x /app/scripts/start.sh
+
+# Install packages
+RUN apt update && apt install -y graphviz libgraphviz-dev graphviz-dev
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip && pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Expose port 8000 for the web server
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/app/scripts/start.sh" ]
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diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4286ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+services:
+  django:
+    env_file: .env
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    image: git.06222001.xyz/keannu125/docmanager_backend:dev
+    ports:
+      - "${BACKEND_PORT}:8000"
+    environment:
+      - PYTHONBUFFERED=1
+    volumes:
+      - .:/app
+
+  # SMTP Server
+  inbucket:
+    image: inbucket/inbucket:latest
+    ports:
+      - "8025:8025"
+    environment:
+      - INBUCKET_LOGLEVEL=error
+      - INBUCKET_MAILBOXNAMING=domain
+      - INBUCKET_SMTP_ADDR=0.0.0.0:1025
+      - INBUCKET_SMTP_MAXRECIPIENTS=1000
+      - INBUCKET_WEB_ADDR=0.0.0.0:8025
+      - INBUCKET_STORAGE_TYPE=memory
+      - INBUCKET_STORAGE_MAILBOXMSGCAP=2000
+
+volumes:
+  db-data:
diff --git a/docmanager_backend/config/settings.py b/docmanager_backend/config/settings.py
index c3ce523..3f23ee9 100644
--- a/docmanager_backend/config/settings.py
+++ b/docmanager_backend/config/settings.py
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "django.contrib.sessions",
     "django.contrib.messages",
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
+    "django_extensions",
     "rest_framework",
     "rest_framework_simplejwt",
     "djoser",
@@ -260,3 +261,6 @@ DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = EMAIL_ADDRESS
 AUTH_USER_MODEL = "accounts.CustomUser"
 
 DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_NUMBER_FIELDS = 20480
+
+GRAPH_MODELS = {"app_labels": [
+    "accounts", "documents", "document_requests", "questionnaires"]}
diff --git a/documentation/erd/app_models.png b/documentation/erd/app_models.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a83f08e
Binary files /dev/null and b/documentation/erd/app_models.png differ
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d86a6b3..680deb8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -44,3 +44,5 @@ tzdata==2024.2
 uritemplate==4.1.1
 urllib3==2.2.3
 whitenoise==6.8.2
+django-extensions==3.2.3
+pygraphviz==1.14; platform_system == 'Linux'
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diff --git a/scripts/start.sh b/scripts/start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee81d26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd docmanager_backend/
+python manage.py graph_models -o ../documentation/erd/app_models.png
+python manage.py spectacular --color --file schema.yml
+python manage.py migrate
+if [ ! -d "static" ]; then
+    echo "Generating static files"
+    python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+fi
+if [ "$DEBUG" = 'True' ]; then   
+    python manage.py runserver "0.0.0.0:8000"
+else
+    gunicorn --workers 8 --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 config.wsgi:application
+fi