diff --git a/api/compose.yaml b/api/compose.yaml
index 33700d8c..187f7de6 100644
--- a/api/compose.yaml
+++ b/api/compose.yaml
@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
 services:
   boardmate-api:
-    build: .
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
     container_name: boardmate-api
     ports:
       - "8000:8080"
+    environment:
+      SPRING_DATA_MONGODB_URI: "mongodb://board-mate-user:apx820kcng@mongodb:27017/board-mate-db"
+      JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: "-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=*:5005"
     depends_on:
       - mongodb
       - elasticsearch
       - mosquitto
+    volumes:
+      - ./.gradle:/home/gradle/.gradle
+      - ./build:/app/.gradle
 
   elasticsearch:
     image: 'docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.17.10'
+    container_name: elastic-search
     environment:
       - 'ELASTIC_PASSWORD=secret'
       - 'discovery.type=single-node'
@@ -21,6 +30,7 @@ services:
 
   grafana-lgtm:
     image: 'grafana/otel-lgtm:latest'
+    container_name: grafana
     ports:
       - '8200:3000'
       - '8201:4317'
@@ -36,6 +46,7 @@ services:
 
   mongodb:
     image: mongo:latest
+    container_name: mongo-db
     environment:
       - MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE=board-mate-db
       - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=secret
diff --git a/api/mosquitto/data/empty b/api/mosquitto/data/empty
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/api/mosquitto/log/empty b/api/mosquitto/log/empty
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b