diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e3ae5f0..795411c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@ VOTE_SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=
 `DEV_DISABLE_ACTIVE_FILTERS="true"` will disable the requirements that you be active to vote
 `DEV_FORCE_IS_EVALS="true"` will force vote to treat all users as the Evals director
 
+## Docker Compose
+
+Use `docker-compose.dev.yaml` to have code bind with the container, meaning you don't have
+to rebuild the container every time you make changes.
+
+```bash
+# dev
+podman compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml up  # rerun this to load changes
+
+## load changes
+podman compose down; podman compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml up
+
+# prod
+podman compose up --build
+```
+
 ## Linting
 These will be checked by CI
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yaml b/docker-compose.dev.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4902a92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+version: "3"
+services:
+  vote:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      target: build
+    working_dir: /src
+    command: ["go", "run", "./..."]
+    volumes:
+      - type: bind
+        source: .
+        target: /src
+    container_name: vote
+    depends_on:
+      - mongodb
+    environment:
+      VOTE_HOST: 'http://localhost:8080'
+      VOTE_JWT_SECRET: 4874c601dda90a01c7543c571be08680
+      VOTE_MONGODB_URI: "mongodb://vote:c1f66aac6b4fafbef3c659371b8a50ed@mongodb/vote?authSource=admin"
+      VOTE_OIDC_ID: vote-dev
+      VOTE_OIDC_SECRET: "${VOTE_OIDC_SECRET}"
+      VOTE_STATE: 27a28540e47ec786b7bdad03f83171b3
+      DEV_DISABLE_ACTIVE_FILTERS: "${DEV_DISABLE_ACTIVE_FILTERS}"
+      DEV_FORCE_IS_EVALS: "${DEV_FORCE_IS_EVALS}"
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:8080:8080"
+
+  mongodb:
+    image: docker.io/mongo:4.4.26-focal
+    container_name: mongodb
+    command: "mongod --bind_ip 0.0.0.0"
+    environment:
+      - "MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE=vote"
+      - "MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=vote"
+      - "MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=c1f66aac6b4fafbef3c659371b8a50ed"
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:27017:27017"
+    volumes:
+      - type: volume
+        source: mongodb
+        target: /data/db/
+
+volumes:
+  mongodb: