diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c637d9e..b32d20f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ node_modules
 .idea
 *.DS_Store
 cypress/videos/
-cypress/screenshots/
\ No newline at end of file
+cypress/screenshots/
+docker/data
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5634e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+FROM php:7.3-apache
+COPY . /var/www/html/
+RUN docker-php-ext-install mysqli
+RUN bash /var/www/html/docker/make_docker.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 65b24c1..1db3a3f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,17 @@ Feel free to modify the code and open any pull requests.
 * [ ] Add more links
 * [ ] Fix any typos
 
+## Running locally
+
+You can run nothing private locally via docker using the commands below:
+```bash
+git clone git@github.com:gautamkrishnar/nothing-private.git
+cd nothing-private
+docker-compose up -d # use --build to update image if you do 'git pull'
+```
+
+Visit http://localhost/
+
 ## Contributors
 Special thanks to these rockstars:
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cf4473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+version: "3.1"
+services:
+  app:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+    restart: always
+    networks:
+      - default
+  database:
+    image: mysql:8.0
+    command: --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
+    expose:
+      - '3306'
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: safedb
+      MYSQL_USER: safeuser
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: safeuser
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: safeuser
+    restart: always
+    volumes:
+      - ./db_server:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
+      - ./docker/data:/var/lib/mysql
+    networks:
+      - default
+networks:
+  default:
diff --git a/docker/docker-connection.php b/docker/docker-connection.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6eb49e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/docker-connection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+
+mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
+set_exception_handler(function ($e) {
+    die('Error occurred!');
+});
+
+$mysqli = new mysqli('database', 'safeuser', 'safeuser', 'safedb');
+$mysqli->set_charset('utf8mb4');
diff --git a/docker/make_docker.sh b/docker/make_docker.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9388d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/make_docker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sed -i  's/window.location.protocol + \"\/\/nothingprivate.000webhostapp.com\"/document.location.href + \"\db_server\"/g' /var/www/html/main.js
+cp -fv /var/www/html/docker/docker-connection.php /var/www/html/db_server/connection.php