diff --git a/apps/api/package.json b/apps/api/package.json
index 60fd85a..155b859 100644
--- a/apps/api/package.json
+++ b/apps/api/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "pnpm --filter shared build && pnpm --filter db build && tsx watch src/server.ts",
+    "dev": "tsx watch src/server.ts",
     "build": "tsc",
     "start": "node dist/src/server.js",
     "test": "vitest"
diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92135eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+services:
+  caddy:
+    container_name: lila-caddy
+    image: caddy:2-alpine
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+      - "443:443"
+    volumes:
+      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile
+      - caddy_data:/data
+      - caddy_config:/config
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    depends_on:
+      api:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    networks:
+      - lila-network
+
+  api:
+    container_name: lila-api
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ./apps/api/Dockerfile
+      target: runner
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    healthcheck:
+      test:
+        ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -qO- http://localhost:3000/api/health || exit 1"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 3s
+      retries: 5
+    depends_on:
+      database:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    networks:
+      - lila-network
+
+  web:
+    container_name: lila-web
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ./apps/web/Dockerfile
+      target: production
+      args:
+        VITE_API_URL: https://api.lilastudy.com
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    networks:
+      - lila-network
+
+  database:
+    container_name: lila-database
+    image: postgres:18.3-alpine3.23
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    environment:
+      - PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    volumes:
+      - lila-db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U ${POSTGRES_USER} -d ${POSTGRES_DB}"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+    networks:
+      - lila-network
+
+  forgejo:
+    container_name: lila-forgejo
+    image: codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:11
+    volumes:
+      - forgejo-data:/data
+    environment:
+      - USER_UID=1000
+      - USER_GID=1000
+    ports:
+      - "2222:22"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    networks:
+      - lila-network
+
+networks:
+  lila-network:
+
+volumes:
+  lila-db:
+  caddy_data:
+  caddy_config:
+  forgejo-data:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e5deed4..5903fa6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./apps/api:/app/apps/api # Hot reload API code
       - ./packages/shared:/app/packages/shared # Hot reload shared
-      - ./packages/db:/app/packages/db
       - /app/node_modules
     restart: unless-stopped
     healthcheck:
diff --git a/documentation/notes.md b/documentation/notes.md
index 48673c8..7d1b801 100644
--- a/documentation/notes.md
+++ b/documentation/notes.md
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ WARNING! Your credentials are stored unencrypted in '/home/languagedev/.docker/c
 Configure a credential helper to remove this warning. See
 https://docs.docker.com/go/credential-store/
 
-### docker containers on startup?
-
-laptop: verify if docker containers run on startup (they shouldnt)
-
 ### vps setup
 
 - monitoring and logging (eg via chrootkit or rkhunter, logwatch/monit => mails daily with summary)