diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e321c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.secrets
+dev_postgres_data
+postgres_data
+config.json
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed3964a..114e832 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 config.json
 .secrets
-postgres_data
\ No newline at end of file
+postgres_data
+dev_postgres_data
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 847d4ff..3077f6b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,14 +25,23 @@ and it will find images for you.
 Before running **MIC** create file `./config.json` that contains
 ```json
 {
+    // BOT_TOKEN env variable has more priority
+    // that the config value
+    "bot_token": "<your_token>"
     // to run in Docker set the value to
     //   "/run/secrets/db_password"
     // If wasn't set -- POSTGRES_PASSWORD env 
     // variable will be used instead
     "db_password_file": "~/.secrets/mic",
-    // BOT_TOKEN env variable has more priority
-    // that the config value
-    "bot_token": "<your_token>"
+    // other optional db config parameters 
+    
+    // Defaults can be seen/changed inside the config.ts file
+    "db_user": string,
+    "db_name": string,
+    "db_port": number,
+    // if you are running under docker -- set host to postgres
+    "db_host": string,
+    "db_tls": boolean,
 }
 ```
 
@@ -78,4 +87,4 @@ deno compile -o ./bin/mic ./main.ts
 deno run ./main.ts
 # Dev run with autorestart 
 deno run ./main.ts
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/cfg/config.ts b/cfg/config.ts
index 88559b0..e0d4363 100644
--- a/cfg/config.ts
+++ b/cfg/config.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ export const getConfig = (): Config => {
         const decoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8")
         const data = Deno.readFileSync(fileCfg.db_password_file)
         db_password = decoder.decode(data).toString()
+        if (db_password[db_password.length - 1] === '\n') {
+          db_password = db_password.slice(0, -1)
+        }
     } else if (envCfg.db_password) {
         db_password = envCfg.db_password
     } else throw new BadConfigErr(
@@ -119,4 +122,4 @@ export const getConfig = (): Config => {
 
         bot_token,
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/dev.Dockerfile b/dev.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16dda47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+FROM deno:2.0.3
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "deno", "run", "--watch=.", "--allow-all", "main.ts" ]
diff --git a/dev.docker-compose.yml b/dev.docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9db1c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev.docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+secrets:
+  db_password:
+    file: .secrets/db_password.txt
+
+networks:
+  mic_bot_dev:
+    driver: bridge
+
+services:
+  bot:
+    build: .
+    container_name: mic_bot_dev
+    restart: always
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres
+    environment:
+      - MIC_APPLY_MIGRATIONS=y
+    networks:
+      - mic_bot_dev
+    secrets:
+      - db_password
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/app
+  postgres:
+    container_name: mic_bot_postgres_dev
+    image: postgres:latest
+    restart: always
+    volumes:
+      - ./dev_postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data:rw
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: mic 
+      POSTGRES_DB: mic
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD_FILE: /run/secrets/db_password
+    user: "${USER_ID:-1000}:${GID:-1000}"
+    networks:
+      - mic_bot_dev
+    secrets:
+      - db_password
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 34a0021..ec6846e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ services:
       - mic_bot
     secrets:
       - db_password
+    volumes:
+      - ./config.json:/app/config.json
   postgres:
     container_name: mic_bot_postgres
     image: postgres:latest
@@ -33,4 +35,4 @@ services:
     networks:
       - mic_bot
     secrets:
-      - db_password
\ No newline at end of file
+      - db_password
diff --git a/repo/setup_db.ts b/repo/setup_db.ts
index 66ae2af..7cb236d 100644
--- a/repo/setup_db.ts
+++ b/repo/setup_db.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export type SetupDbOutput = {
     db: Kysely<Database>,
 }
 export const setupDB = async (cfg: CompiledConfig): Promise<SetupDbOutput> => {
-    console.log("creating db instance")
+    console.log("creating db instance: ", cfg.pgPoolCfg)
     const pool = new pg.Pool(cfg.pgPoolCfg)
     const dialect = new PostgresDialect({ pool })
     const db = new Kysely<Database>({ dialect })
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@ export const setupDB = async (cfg: CompiledConfig): Promise<SetupDbOutput> => {
     }
 
     return { pool, db }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}