diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 02ced5fd..91952b07 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -641,6 +641,9 @@ FodyWeavers.xsd
 # Celery
 django
 
+# Postgres
+db
+
 # robosats
 frontend/static/assets/avatars*
 api/lightning/lightning*
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 488d30a1..f6235567 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,16 @@ services:
       - /mnt/development/tor/data:/var/lib/tor:ro
       - /mnt/development/tor/config:/etc/tor:ro
       - /mnt/development/bitcoin:/home/bitcoin/.bitcoin
+  
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:14.2-alpine
+    container_name: sql-dev
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: example
+    network_mode: service:tor
+    volumes:
+      - ./db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
 
 volumes:
   redisdata:
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a1bc7274..6916969d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ ring==0.9.1
 robohash==1.1
 scipy==1.8.0
 gunicorn==20.1.0
+psycopg2==2.9.3
+SQLAlchemy==1.4.31
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/robosats/settings.py b/robosats/settings.py
index 57ff0eae..525d79ee 100644
--- a/robosats/settings.py
+++ b/robosats/settings.py
@@ -97,11 +97,12 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = "robosats.wsgi.application"
 
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
-        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
-        "NAME": "/usr/src/database/db.sqlite3",
-        "OPTIONS": {
-            "timeout": 20,  # in seconds
-        },
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
+        "NAME": "postgres",
+        "USER": "postgres",
+        "PASSWORD": "example",
+        'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
+        "PORT": "5432",
     }
 }