diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 1319fe9..5d08cbb 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -6,5 +6,12 @@ SECRET_KEY='SECRET_KEY'
 RDS_BACKEND_SECRET_KEY=123456789
 AUTH_TOKEN_INVALIDATION_TIME_IN_SECONDS=2592000
 
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD='goals-password'
+POSTGRES_DB='goals-db'
+POSTGRES_USER='goals-user'
+POSTGRES_PORT='5432'
+POSTGRES_HOST='localhost'
+
 # ALLOWED_HOSTS accepts string as value with space as delimiter 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS='localhost 127.0.0.1 .realdevsquad.com'
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ebafd9a..f3fb13d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 - Spin up the postgresql server, the container
 ```
-docker-compose -f /deploy/compose.yml up -d
+docker-compose -f deploy/compose.yml up -d
 ```
 - Setup the env files
 ```
diff --git a/deploy/compose.yml b/deploy/compose.yml
index 8b5b446..bd4f24f 100644
--- a/deploy/compose.yml
+++ b/deploy/compose.yml
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ services:
       - "5432:5432"
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust
-      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=goals-local
-      - POSTGRES_DB=goals-api
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=goals-password
+      - POSTGRES_DB=goals-db
+      - POSTGRES_USER=goals-user