diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,10 +36,45 @@ There are some more internal api endpoints for handling authentication and lease
 WORKING_DIR=/opt/docker/fastapi-dls/cert
 mkdir -p $WORKING_DIR
 cd $WORKING_DIR
+# create instance private and public key for singing JWT's
 openssl genrsa -out $WORKING_DIR/instance.private.pem 2048 
 openssl rsa -in $WORKING_DIR/instance.private.pem -outform PEM -pubout -out $WORKING_DIR/instance.public.pem
+# create ssl certificate for integrated webserver (uvicorn) - because clients rely on ssl
 openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 3650 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout  $WORKING_DIR/webserver.key -out $WORKING_DIR/webserver.crt
-docker run -e DLS_URL=`hostname -i` -e DLS_PORT=443 -p 443:443 -v $WORKING_DIR:/app/cert collinwebdesigns/fastapi-dls:latest
+```
+
+**Start container**
+
+```shell
+docker volume create dls-db
+docker run -e DLS_URL=`hostname -i` -e DLS_PORT=443 -p 443:443 -v $WORKING_DIR:/app/cert -v dls-db:/app/database collinwebdesigns/fastapi-dls:latest
+```
+
+**Docker-Compose / Deploy stack**
+
+```yaml
+version: '3.9'
+
+x-dls-variables: &dls-variables
+  DLS_URL: localhost # REQUIRED
+  DLS_PORT: 443
+  LEASE_EXPIRE_DAYS: 90
+  DATABASE: sqlite:////app/database/db.sqlite
+
+services:
+  dls:
+    image: collinwebdesigns/fastapi-dls:latest
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      <<: *dls-variables
+    ports:
+      - "443:443"
+    volumes:
+      - /opt/docker/fastapi-dls/cert:/app/cert
+      - dls-db:/app/database
+
+volumes:
+  dls-db:
 ```
 
 # Configuration