diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2e4c595..169e1d9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 /target
 
 /run.sh
-data
\ No newline at end of file
+data
+redis-data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c006797..4347d5c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,17 +3,10 @@ A simple http server to cache specific eth rpc requests in memory. Useful for ma
 Multiple endpoints/chains can be configured to be cached.
 
 ### Usage (with docker)
-```shell
-docker run \
-  -d \
-  -p 8124:8124 \
-  -v ./data/:/data/ \
-  -e DATA_PERSISTENCE=1 \
-  -e ENDPOINTS="eth-chain=https://rpc.ankr.com/eth,bsc-chain=https://rpc.ankr.com/bsc" \
-  --name cached-eth-rpc \
-  ghcr.io/tonyke-bot/cached-eth-rpc
-```
 
+1. Edit `docker-compose.yml`
+
+2. `docker-compose up`
 ### Usage
 With
 ```shell
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..675946b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+version: "3"
+services:
+  docker-redis:
+    image: redis:alpine
+    ports:
+      - "6379:6379"
+    volumes:
+      - ./redis-data:/data
+  rpc:
+    image: ghcr.io/fuzzland/cached-eth-rpc:latest
+    ports:
+      - "8124:8124"
+    environment:
+      - ENDPOINTS=eth-chain=https://rpc.ankr.com/eth,bsc-chain=https://rpc.ankr.com/bsc
+      - REDIS_URL=redis://docker-redis:6379
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index fb5148d..69854d6 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ for part in "${PARTS[@]}"; do
   ARGUMENTS+="--endpoint $part "
 done
 
-# if DATA_PERSISTENCE = 1 is set, then use it
-if [ "$DATA_PERSISTENCE" = "1" ]; then
-  ARGUMENTS+="--datadir /data"
+if [ -n "$REDIS_URL" ]; then
+  ARGUMENTS+="--redis-url $REDIS_URL"
+  # wait for redis to be ready
+  sleep 1
 fi
 
 exec $1 --port 8124 --bind 0.0.0.0 $ARGUMENTS