diff --git a/docker-compose-postgres.yml b/docker-compose-postgres.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ecc68403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose-postgres.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+version: '2.0'
+
+services:
+  webgoat:
+    image: webgoat/webgoat-8.0
+    user: webgoat
+    environment:
+      - WEBWOLF_HOST=webwolf
+      - spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://webgoat_db:5432/webgoat
+      - spring.datasource.username=webgoat
+      - spring.datasource.password=webgoat
+      - spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.postgresql.Driver
+      - spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQL94Dialect
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+  webwolf:
+    image: webgoat/webwolf
+    environment:
+      - spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://webgoat_db:5432/webgoat
+      - spring.datasource.username=webgoat
+      - spring.datasource.password=webgoat
+      - spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.postgresql.Driver
+      - spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQL94Dialect
+    ports:
+      - "8081:8081"
+  db:
+    container_name: webgoat_db
+    image: postgres:latest
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=webgoat
+      - POSTGRES_USER=webgoat
+      - POSTGRES_DB=webgoat
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 9b0769407..8d2bcdee3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,28 @@
-version: '2.0'
+version: '2.1'
 
 services:
   webgoat:
-    build: webgoat-server/
-    command: "sh /home/webgoat/start.sh"
+    image: webgoat/webgoat-8.0
+    environment:
+      - WEBWOLF_HOST=webwolf
+      - spring.datasource.url=jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://webgoat_db:9001/webgoat
     ports:
       - "8080:8080"
-  webwolf:
-    build: webwolf/
-    command: "sh /home/webwolf/start.sh"
     depends_on:
-      - webgoat
+      - db
+  webwolf:
+    image: webgoat/webwolf
+    environment:
+          - spring.datasource.url=jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://webgoat_db:9001/webgoat
     ports:
-      - "8081:8081"
\ No newline at end of file
+      - "8081:8081"
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+  db:
+    image: blacklabelops/hsqldb
+    container_name: webgoat_db
+    environment:
+      - HSQLDB_TRACE=false
+      - HSQLDB_SILENT=true
+      - HSQLDB_DATABASE_NAME=webgoat
+      - HSQLDB_DATABASE_ALIAS=webgoat
diff --git a/webgoat-server/pom.xml b/webgoat-server/pom.xml
index e0449ece4..483c3a0b6 100644
--- a/webgoat-server/pom.xml
+++ b/webgoat-server/pom.xml
@@ -198,6 +198,11 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+            <version>42.2.2</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/webwolf/pom.xml b/webwolf/pom.xml
index 2b606b952..ee2728a35 100644
--- a/webwolf/pom.xml
+++ b/webwolf/pom.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@
             <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
             <version>${hsqldb.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+            <version>42.2.2</version>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- ************* START: Dependencies for Unit and Integration Testing ************** -->
         <dependency>