diff --git a/code/backend/package.json b/code/backend/package.json
index 524cb7d..c31cc10 100644
--- a/code/backend/package.json
+++ b/code/backend/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@
     "typescript": "^5.8.3"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "nodemon src/server.ts",
+    "start-containers": "docker-compose -f ../db/docker-compose.yaml up -d",
+    "stop-containers": "docker-compose down",
+    "start": "yarn start-containers && nodemon src/server.ts",
+    "start-no-docker": "nodemon src/server.ts",
+    "install-script": "ts-node scripts/install.ts",
     "build": "tsc",
     "dev": "ts-node-dev --respawn src/server.ts"
   }
diff --git a/code/backend/scripts/install.json b/code/backend/scripts/install.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e82cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/backend/scripts/install.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "commands": [
+    "echo Starting installation...",
+    "echo installing node_modules",
+    "yarn install",
+    "echo starting docker container",
+    "yarn start-containers",
+    "echo generating prisma",
+    "yarn prisma generate",
+    "echo migrating database",
+    "yarn prisma migrate dev --name init"
+  ],
+  "installed": true
+}
diff --git a/code/backend/scripts/install.ts b/code/backend/scripts/install.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17642c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/backend/scripts/install.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { exec } from "child_process";
+import util from "util";
+const execPromise = util.promisify(exec);
+import fs from "fs";
+
+const json_path: string = "scripts/install.json"; // Path to the JSON file
+const raw = fs.readFileSync(json_path, "utf8");
+const config = JSON.parse(raw); // Parse the JSON file
+
+if (config.installed) {
+  // Check if the script has already been run
+  console.log("Already installed");
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+(async () => {
+  for (const command of config.commands) {
+    try {
+      const { stdout, stderr } = await execPromise(command); // Wait for the command to finish
+      if (stderr) {
+        console.log(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
+      }
+      console.log(stdout); // Print the output of the command`);
+    } catch (error: any) {
+      console.log(`error: ${error.message}`);
+      break; // Stop execution if an error occurs
+    }
+  }
+  config.installed = true; // Set the installed flag to true
+  fs.writeFile(json_path, JSON.stringify(config), (err) => {
+    if (err) {
+      console.error("Error writing to file:", err);
+    } else {
+      console.log("File has been updated successfully.");
+    }
+  });
+  console.log("Installation complete");
+})();
diff --git a/code/backend/tsconfig.json b/code/backend/tsconfig.json
index f3dc2bd..4671c02 100644
--- a/code/backend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/code/backend/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
-    "outDir": "./dist"
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "resolveJsonModule": true // Allow importing JSON files
   },
   "include": ["src/**/*.ts"],
   "exclude": ["node_modules"]
diff --git a/code/db/.env.example b/code/db/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5274de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/db/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# This is an example of a .env file for the docker-compose setup.
+# You can copy this file to .env and fill in the values.)
+DB_USER=postgres
+DB_PASSWORD=securePassword1234
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/db/docker-compose.yaml b/code/db/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37833cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/db/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+services:
+  db:
+    image: postgres:15
+    container_name: postgres-DB
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USER}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
+      POSTGRES_DB: prisma
+    volumes:
+      - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+volumes:
+  pgdata: