diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3247c74a..e59ec462 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 # The first instruction is what image we want to base our container on
 # We Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
 FROM python:3.9
 
 # The enviroment variable ensures that the python output is set straight
 # to the terminal with out buffering it first
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+USER 1001
+
 
-# create root directory for our project in the container
-RUN mkdir /oacct_checker
 
 # Set the working directory to /OACCT_checker
 WORKDIR /oacct_checker
 
 # Copy the current directory contents into the container at /OACCT_checker
 
+
 ADD . /oacct_checker/
 
 # Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+COPY . /oacct_checker/
+
+CMD [ "python", "./manage.py --settings=settings_dev runserver 0.0.0.0:8000" ]
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diff --git a/django_api/__pycache__/admin.cpython-39.pyc b/django_api/__pycache__/admin.cpython-39.pyc
index 3c5165a8..28795d75 100644
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diff --git a/django_api/__pycache__/models.cpython-39.pyc b/django_api/__pycache__/models.cpython-39.pyc
index 962f9146..2781860d 100644
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diff --git a/django_app/__pycache__/settings.cpython-39.pyc b/django_app/__pycache__/settings.cpython-39.pyc
index d2f17b7a..66437e69 100644
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diff --git a/django_app/settings_dev.py b/django_app/settings_dev.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d661ed47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_app/settings_dev.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# settings for dev.py
+   
+import environ
+
+# If using in your own project, update the project namespace below
+from django_app.settings import *
+
+env = environ.Env(
+    # set casting, default value
+    DEBUG=(bool, False)
+)
+# False if not in os.environ
+DEBUG = env('DEBUG')
+
+# Raises django's ImproperlyConfigured exception if SECRET_KEY not in os.environ
+SECRET_KEY = env('SECRET_KEY')
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = env.list('ALLOWED_HOSTS')
+
+# Parse database connection url strings like psql://user:pass@127.0.0.1:8458/db
+DATABASES = {
+    # read os.environ['DATABASE_URL'] and raises ImproperlyConfigured exception if not found
+    'default': env.db(),
+    {
+        'ENGINE': 'sqlserver_ado',
+        'DBNAME': 'mysql',
+        'DBUSER': 'mysql',
+        'DBPASSWORD': 'mysql',
+        'DBHOST': 'db',
+        'PORT': 5432,
+    }
+}
+
+# MSSQL
+# DATABASES = {
+#     'default': {
+#         'NAME': 'my_database',
+#         'ENGINE': 'sqlserver_ado',
+#         'HOST': 'dbserver\\ss2012',
+#         'USER': '',
+#         'PASSWORD': '',
+#     }
+# }
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ecda7d2e..ef16cb8d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 version: "3.9"
    
 services:
   db:
-    image: postgres
+    image: mysql
     environment:
-      - POSTGRES_DB=postgres
-      - POSTGRES_USER=postgres
-      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
+      - DBHOST=mysql
+      - DBNAME=mysql
+      - DBUSER=mysql
+      - DBPASSWORD=mysql
   web:
     build: .
     command: python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
     volumes:
       - .:/oacct_checker
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
     depends_on:
-      - db
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+      - db
+
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 48d6dd28..31381f2e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 asgiref==3.3.1
 certifi==2020.12.5
 chardet==4.0.0
 coreschema==0.0.4
-Django==3.1.4
+Django>=3.0,<4.0
 django-coreapi==2.3.0
 django-cors-headers==3.6.0
 djangorestframework==3.12.2
 idna==2.10
 itypes==1.2.0
 Jinja2==2.11.2
 MarkupSafe==1.1.1
 pytz==2020.4
 requests==2.25.1
 sqlparse==0.4.1
 uritemplate==3.0.1
 urllib3==1.26.2
 Pillow==8.0.1
 django-import-export
-
+psycopg2-binary>=2.8
+environ
+django-mssql
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