diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index e24bcb7..9b6194b 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,13 +1,49 @@
+Procfile
+makefile
+
+# git
 .git
+.gitattributes
+.gitignore
+.github
+
+# docker
+docker-compose.yml
+docker-compose.*
+Dockerfile
 .dockerignore
+environment/
+
+# environment and secretsss
 .env
-.vscode
+
+# Common
+README.md
+CHANGELOG.md
+
+# logs
+logs
+*.log
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+/log/*
+!/log/.keep
+
+# tmp
+/tmp/*
+!/tmp/.keep
+*.swp
+*~
+.DS_Store
+
+# Dependencies and dependency managers
 node_modules/
-bundle/
-tmp/
-environment/
-docker-compose*
-Dockerfile
-Procfile
-makefile
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+# Ignore yarn files
+/yarn-error.log
+yarn-debug.log*
+.yarn-integrity
+
+# ides
+.idea
+.vscode
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ghcr.yml b/.github/workflows/ghcr.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d745b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ghcr.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Deploy Images to GHCR
+
+# temporarily run on push for this branch
+on: [push]
+# on:
+#   push:
+#     branches:
+#       - main
+#   workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  push-store-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: "Checkout GitHub Action"
+        uses: actions/checkout@main
+
+      - name: "Login to GitHub Container Registry"
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{github.actor}}
+          password: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+
+      - name: "Build Inventory Image"
+        run: |
+          docker build . --tag ghcr.io/wearefuturegov/outpost-api-service:latest
+          docker push ghcr.io/wearefuturegov/outpost-api-service:latest
diff --git a/docker-compose.development.yml b/docker-compose.development.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 99e2a93..0000000
--- a/docker-compose.development.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-version: "3.7"
-services:
-  outpost-api-dev:
-    stdin_open: true
-    image: "outpost-api:development"
-    container_name: outpost-api-dev
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:3001/health"]
-      interval: 1m30s
-      timeout: 10s
-      retries: 3
-      start_period: 40s
-    depends_on:
-      - mongo
-    build:
-      target: development
-    ports:
-      - 3001:3001
-    volumes:
-      - ./:/usr/src/app:cached
-    environment:
-      NODE_ENV: development
-      DB_URI: mongodb://mongo:27017/outpost_api_development
-    networks:
-      - outpost_api_dev_external_network
-      - outpost_api_dev_internal_network
-  mongo:
-    image: mongo:6
-    container_name: outpost-api-mongo
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    ports:
-      - 27017:27017
-    volumes:
-      - outpost-api-dev-mongo-volume:/data/db
-      - ./environment/containers/mongo/setup-mongodb-development.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init.js:ro
-    environment:
-      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: outpost_api_development
-    networks:
-      - outpost_api_dev_external_network
-
-volumes:
-  outpost-api-dev-mongo-volume:
-
-networks:
-  outpost_api_dev_external_network:
-  outpost_api_dev_internal_network:
-    internal: true
diff --git a/docker-compose.production.yml b/docker-compose.production.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab9dc13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.production.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+version: "3.7"
+services:
+  outpost-api:
+    image: "outpost-api:production"
+    container_name: outpost-api
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:3001/health"]
+      interval: 1m30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 40s
+    depends_on:
+      - mongo
+    build:
+      target: production
+    ports:
+      - 3001:3001
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/usr/src/app
+    environment:
+      NODE_ENV: production
+      DB_URI: mongodb://mongo:27017/outpost_api
+    networks:
+      - outpost_api_internal_network
+      - outpost_api_external_network
+
+  mongo:
+    image: mongo:6
+    container_name: outpost-api-mongo
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - 27017:27017
+    volumes:
+      - outpost-api-mongo-volume:/data/db
+      - ./environment/containers/mongo/setup-mongodb-production.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init.js:ro
+    networks:
+      - outpost_api_external_network
+
+volumes:
+  outpost-api-mongo-volume:
+
+networks:
+  outpost_api_external_network:
+  outpost_api_internal_network:
+    internal: true
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ab9dc13..99e2a93 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 version: "3.7"
 services:
-  outpost-api:
-    image: "outpost-api:production"
-    container_name: outpost-api
+  outpost-api-dev:
+    stdin_open: true
+    image: "outpost-api:development"
+    container_name: outpost-api-dev
     restart: unless-stopped
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:3001/health"]
@@ -13,18 +14,17 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - mongo
     build:
-      target: production
+      target: development
     ports:
       - 3001:3001
     volumes:
-      - ./:/usr/src/app
+      - ./:/usr/src/app:cached
     environment:
-      NODE_ENV: production
-      DB_URI: mongodb://mongo:27017/outpost_api
+      NODE_ENV: development
+      DB_URI: mongodb://mongo:27017/outpost_api_development
     networks:
-      - outpost_api_internal_network
-      - outpost_api_external_network
-
+      - outpost_api_dev_external_network
+      - outpost_api_dev_internal_network
   mongo:
     image: mongo:6
     container_name: outpost-api-mongo
@@ -32,15 +32,17 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 27017:27017
     volumes:
-      - outpost-api-mongo-volume:/data/db
-      - ./environment/containers/mongo/setup-mongodb-production.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init.js:ro
+      - outpost-api-dev-mongo-volume:/data/db
+      - ./environment/containers/mongo/setup-mongodb-development.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/mongo-init.js:ro
+    environment:
+      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: outpost_api_development
     networks:
-      - outpost_api_external_network
+      - outpost_api_dev_external_network
 
 volumes:
-  outpost-api-mongo-volume:
+  outpost-api-dev-mongo-volume:
 
 networks:
-  outpost_api_external_network:
-  outpost_api_internal_network:
+  outpost_api_dev_external_network:
+  outpost_api_dev_internal_network:
     internal: true
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 7b5f2f4..1d050e0 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -59,19 +59,19 @@ To get up and running quickly with some data use docker compose.
 git clone git@github.com:wearefuturegov/outpost-api-service.git && cd outpost-api-service
 
 # build the image
-docker compose -f docker-compose.development.yml build
+docker compose build
 
 # run the container
-docker compose -f docker-compose.development.yml up -d
+docker compose up -d
 
 # open shell in container
-docker compose -f docker-compose.development.yml exec outpost-api-dev /bin/ash;
+docker compose exec outpost-api-dev /bin/ash;
 
 # run the tests
-docker compose -f docker-compose.development.yml exec outpost-api-dev npm run test
+docker compose exec outpost-api-dev npm run test
 
 # stop the container
-docker compose -f docker-compose.development.yml stop
+docker compose stop
 ```
 
 If you want to use it in conjunction with a local mongodb database, for example you are using [Outpost](https://github.com/wearefuturegov/outpost/) you could also run it using just docker.