diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 37772faf..cdee87bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,13 +88,20 @@ or use docker compose
 mkdir -p /opt/workout-tracker
 cd /opt/workout-tracker
 
-# Download the compose.yaml
-curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jovandeginste/workout-tracker/master/compose.yaml --output compose.yaml
+# Download the docker compose file
+## For sqlite as database:
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jovandeginste/workout-tracker/master/docker-compose.sqlite.yaml --output docker-compose.yaml
+
+## For postgres as database:
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jovandeginste/workout-tracker/master/docker-compose.postgres.yaml --output docker-compose.yaml
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jovandeginste/workout-tracker/master/postgres.env --output postgres.env
 
 # Start the server
 docker compose up -d
 ```
 
+> **_NOTE:_** If using postgres, configure the parameters in `postgres.env`.
+
 ### Natively
 
 Download a
diff --git a/docker-compose.postgres.yaml b/docker-compose.postgres.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1f5e6a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.postgres.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+services:
+  workout-tracker:
+    image: ghcr.io/jovandeginste/workout-tracker:master
+    container_name: wt-app
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      # Host Port:Container Port
+      - 8080:8080
+    networks:
+      - workout-tracker
+    env_file:
+      - postgres.env
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+
+  db:
+    image: postgres:16-alpine
+    container_name: wt-db
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    shm_size: 128mb
+    volumes:
+      # Store database files in a local directory.
+      - ./data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    networks:
+      - workout-tracker
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -d $${POSTGRES_DB} -U $${POSTGRES_USER}"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+    env_file:
+      - postgres.env
+
+networks:
+  workout-tracker:
+    external: false
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/docker-compose.sqlite.yaml
similarity index 77%
rename from compose.yaml
rename to docker-compose.sqlite.yaml
index a57c2338..701e418f 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.sqlite.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   workout-tracker:
     image: ghcr.io/jovandeginste/workout-tracker:master
+    container_name: wt-app
     restart: unless-stopped
     ports:
       # Host Port:Container Port
       - 8080:8080
     volumes:
+      # Mount local directory for sqlite database
       - ./data:/data
     environment:
       - WT_JWT_ENCRYPTION_KEY=my-secret-key
diff --git a/postgres.env b/postgres.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d53821d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postgres.env
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+## Change these parameters to your needs
+TZ=Europe/Vienna
+POSTGRES_USER=wt
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=change-me
+POSTGRES_DB=wt
+
+## Additional (optional) parameters
+# - WT_BIND=[::]:8080
+# - WT_LOGGING=true
+# - WT_DEBUG=true
+# - WT_REGISTRATION_DISABLED=true
+# - WT_SOCIALS_DISABLED=true
+# - WT_REGISTRATION_DISABLED=true
+# - WT_SOCIALS_DISABLED=true
+# - WT_JWT_ENCRYPTION_KEY=my-secret-key
+
+## Only change these parameters if you know what you are doing
+PGUSER=$POSTGRES_USER
+WT_DATABASE_DRIVER=postgres
+WT_DSN=host=db user=$POSTGRES_USER password=$POSTGRES_PASSWORD dbname=$POSTGRES_DB port=5432 sslmode=disable TimeZone=$TZ
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