diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+.vscode/
+
+node_modules/
+npm-debug.log
+
+Dockerfile
+docker-compose*.yml
+
+.env
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM node:10-alpine
+LABEL Description="Server part of the social network Human Connection" Vendor="Human-Connection gGmbH" Version="0.0.1" Maintainer="Human-Connection gGmbH (developer@human-connection.org)"
+
+# expose the app port
+EXPOSE 4000
+
+ARG WORKDIR=/HC-Server
+
+RUN mkdir -p $WORKDIR
+WORKDIR $WORKDIR
+
+COPY package.json .
+COPY yarn.lock .
+RUN yarn install --production=false --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive
+
+COPY . .
+
+CMD ["yarn", "run", "start"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 420409a16..d71f1eb58 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,26 @@
 
 ## Quick Start
 
+### Installation with Docker
+
+Run:
+```sh
+docker-compose up
+# if you want seed data
+# open another terminal and run
+docker-compose exec backend yarn run seedDb
+```
+
+App is [running on port 4000](http://localhost:4000/)
+
+To wipe out your neo4j database run:
+```sh
+docker-compose down -v
+```
+
+
+### Installation without Docker
+
 Install dependencies:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: "3.7"
+
+services:
+  backend:
+    build: .
+    networks:
+      - hc-network
+    depends_on:
+      - neo4j
+    ports:
+      - 4000:4000
+    environment:
+      - NEO4J_URI=bolt://neo4j:7687
+      - GRAPHQL_LISTEN_PORT=4000
+      - GRAPHQL_URI=http://localhost:4000
+      - CLIENT_URI=http://localhost:3000
+      - JWT_SECRET=b/&&7b78BF&fv/Vd
+      - MOCK=false
+
+  neo4j:
+    image: neo4j:3.4
+    networks:
+      - hc-network
+    volumes:
+      - neo4j-data:/data
+    environment:
+      - NEO4J_AUTH=none
+
+networks:
+  hc-network:
+    name: hc-network
+
+volumes:
+  neo4j-data: