diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 61c7427..1ba668e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -26,7 +26,3 @@ COPY . /app/
 
 # Expose port 5000 for the Flask app to listen on when running within the container
 EXPOSE 5000
-
-# Define the command to start the container. Use gunicorn as the WSGI server to serve the Flask app
-# CMD ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:5000", "app:app"]
-CMD ["python", "app.py"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f89bbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+services:
+  reader:
+    build: 
+      context: .
+    ports:
+      - "5000:5000"
+    volumes:
+      - cache-volume:/var/lib/cache
+    command: ["gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:5000", "-w", "4", "app:get_production_flask_app(\"/var/lib/cache\")"]
+  writer:
+    build: 
+      context: .
+    volumes:
+      - cache-volume:/var/lib/cache
+    command: ["python", "app.py", "writer", "--cache-location", "/var/lib/cache"]
+
+volumes:
+  cache-volume:
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