diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 34c47f92..2fe0731a 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ build
 .vscode
 **/act/*
 tmp-*
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index 0d92fb52..f6f09945 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -12,6 +12,26 @@
 				"isDefault": true
 			},
 			"label": "tsc: build - src/backend/tsconfig.json"
-		}
+		},
+		{
+			"type": "shell",
+			"label": "compose-up-dev",
+			"command": "docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up",
+			"presentation": {
+			  "reveal": "always",
+			  "panel": "new"
+			},
+			"problemMatcher": []
+		  },
+		  {
+			"type": "shell",
+			"label": "compose-build-dev",
+			"command": "docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml build",
+			"presentation": {
+				"reveal": "always",
+				"panel": "new"
+			  },
+			  "problemMatcher": []
+		  }
 	]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..814a062c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+version: '3.7'
+
+services:
+  multi-scrobbler:
+    build:
+      context: .
+    env_file:
+      - path: ./.env
+        required: false
+    #environment:
+      #- TZ=Etc/GMT # Specify timezone from TZ Database name found here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones
+      #- SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID=
+      #- SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET=
+      #- SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI=http://multi-scrobbler-host-IP:9078/callback ## Need to be whitelisted in Spotify dashboard and is used for creating the connection first time
+      #- MALOJA_URL=http://maloja:42010
+      #- MALOJA_API_KEY=
+      #- PUID=1000 # required if running docker on linux host, see main README Docker setup instructions
+      #- PGID=1000 # required if running docker on linux host, see main README Docker setup instructions
+
+      # set if using a source/client with redirect URI that you have not explicitly set and MS is NOT running on the same machine that you will view the dashboard from
+      # EX: You will view MS dashboard at 'http://192.168.0.101:9078' -> set BASE_URL=http://192.168.0.101:9078
+      #- BASE_URL=http://MyHostIP:9078
+    volumes:
+      - "./config:/config"
+    #networks:
+    #  - (optional to add container to the same bridge network that maloja is inside to be able to use docker internal networking & dns to resolve and connect to maloja URL via http://maloja:port)
+    ports:
+      - 9078:9078 # first port is the HOST port multi-scrobbler will serve UI and API on
+    restart: unless-stopped