diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c92107cc4..8d4ecedd3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@ staticfiles/
 postgresql/
 
 
-/docker-compose.yml
+/docker-compose.override.yml
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3f465dfb2..ab184cd32 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 FROM python:3.8-alpine
 
+# hadolint ignore=DL3018
 RUN apk add --no-cache postgresql-libs gettext zlib libjpeg libxml2-dev libxslt-dev
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 EXPOSE 8080
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ COPY --chown=recipes:recipes . ./
 RUN pwd && ls -lha
 RUN chmod +x boot.sh
 
+# hadolint ignore=DL3018
 RUN apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps gcc musl-dev postgresql-dev zlib-dev jpeg-dev  && \
     python -m venv venv && \
     venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt --no-cache-dir &&\
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be0aebf9d..1e8e27e44 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,11 +48,10 @@ When clicking submit, every recipe containing the word will be updated (tags are
 
 ### Docker-Compose
 1. Clone this repository to your desired install location
-2. Choose one of the included `docker-compose.yml` files [here](https://github.com/vabene1111/recipes/tree/develop/docs/docker).
-3. Copy it to the root directory (where this readme is)
+2. Choose one of the included configurations [here](https://github.com/vabene1111/recipes/tree/develop/docs/docker).
+3. Copy (if needed) the `docker-compose.override.yml.template` to `docker-compose.override.yml` and uncomment the configurations you need.
 4. Start the container (`docker-compose up -d`)
-5. This time and **on each update** run `update.sh` to apply migrations and collect static files
-6. Create a default user by executing into the container with `docker-compose exec web_recipes sh` and run `python3 manage.py createsuperuser`.
+5. Create a default user by executing into the container with `docker-compose exec web_recipes sh` and run `python3 manage.py createsuperuser`.
 
 ### Manual
 Copy `.env.template` to `.env` and fill in the missing values accordingly.  
diff --git a/docker-compose.override.yml.template b/docker-compose.override.yml.template
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0987be832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.override.yml.template
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+
+
+# Uncomment and edit the services as you like in here
+# there are several examples available
+# The docker-compose.override.yml is merged with docker-compose.yml on runtime
+
+#####################
+#  WITH NGINX-PROXY #
+#####################
+
+# version: "3"
+# services:
+#   nginx_recipes:
+#     image: "nginx"
+#     restart: always
+#     env_file:
+#       - ./.env
+#     volumes:
+#       - ./nginx/conf.d:/etc/nginx/conf.d
+#       - ./staticfiles:/static
+#       - ./mediafiles:/media
+#     networks:
+#       - default
+#       - nginx-proxy
+# networks:
+#   nginx-proxy:
+#     external:
+#       name: nginx-proxy
+
+
+#######################
+#  WITH TREAFIK-PROXY #
+#######################
+
+# version: "3"
+# services:
+#   web_recipes:
+#     labels: # This lables are only examples!
+#       - "traefik.enable=true"
+#       - "traefik.http.routers.recipes.rule=Host(`recipes.mydomain.com`, `recipes.myotherdomain.com`)"
+#       - "traefik.http.routers.recipes.entrypoints=web_secure"
+#       - "traefik.http.routers.recipes.tls.certresolver=le_resolver"
+
+# networks:
+#   traefik: # This is you external traefic network
+#     external: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..350e1c1c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+version: "3"
+services:
+  db_recipes:
+    restart: always
+    image: "postgres:11-alpine"
+    volumes:
+      - ./postgresql:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    env_file:
+      - ./.env
+    networks:
+      - default
+
+  web_recipes:
+    build: .
+    restart: always
+    env_file:
+      - ./.env
+    volumes:
+      - ./staticfiles:/opt/recipes/staticfiles
+      - ./mediafiles:/opt/recipes/mediafiles
+    ports:
+      - 80:8080
+    depends_on:
+      - db_recipes
+    networks:
+      - default
+
+networks:
+  default:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/docker/nginx-proxy/README.md b/docs/docker/nginx-proxy/README.md
index ceca1510c..521e4bfc6 100644
--- a/docs/docker/nginx-proxy/README.md
+++ b/docs/docker/nginx-proxy/README.md
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ This is a docker compose example when using [jwilder's nginx reverse proxy](http
 in combination with [jrcs's letsencrypt companion](https://hub.docker.com/r/jrcs/letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion/).
 
 Please refer to the appropriate documentation on how to setup the reverse proxy and networks.
+
+Copy the docker-compose.override.yml.template and uncomment the corresponding part.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/docker/nginx-proxy/docker-compose.yml b/docs/docker/nginx-proxy/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e1c0e0119..000000000
--- a/docs/docker/nginx-proxy/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-version: "3"
-services:
-  db_recipes:
-    restart: always
-    image: "postgres:11-alpine"
-    volumes:
-    - ./postgresql:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-    env_file:
-    - ./.env
-    networks:
-    - default
-
-  web_recipes:
-    build: .
-    restart: always
-    env_file:
-    - ./.env
-    command: "gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:8080 recipes.wsgi"
-    volumes:
-    - .:/Recipes
-    depends_on:
-    - db_recipes
-    networks:
-    - default
-
-  nginx_recipes:
-    image: "nginx"
-    restart: always
-    env_file:
-    - ./.env
-    volumes:
-    - ./nginx/conf.d:/etc/nginx/conf.d
-    - ./staticfiles:/static
-    - ./mediafiles:/media
-    networks:
-    - default
-    - nginx-proxy
-
-networks:
-  default:
-  nginx-proxy:
-    external:
-      name: nginx-proxy
diff --git a/docs/docker/plain/README.md b/docs/docker/plain/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb7eb4302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/docker/plain/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Just run docker-compose up in the root of this repository.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/docker/plain/docker-compose.yml b/docs/docker/plain/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cdde569b4..000000000
--- a/docs/docker/plain/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-version: "3"
-services:
-  db_recipes:
-    restart: always
-    image: "postgres:11-alpine"
-    volumes:
-    - ./postgresql:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-    env_file:
-    - ./.env
-    networks:
-    - default
-
-  web_recipes:
-    build: .
-    restart: always
-    env_file:
-    - ./.env
-    depends_on:
-    - db_recipes
-    networks:
-    - default
-
-  nginx_recipes:
-    image: "nginx"
-    restart: always
-    env_file:
-    - ./.env
-    volumes:
-    - ./nginx/conf.d:/etc/nginx/conf.d
-    - ./staticfiles:/static
-    - ./mediafiles:/media
-    ports:
-    - 80:80
-    networks:
-    - default
-    depends_on:
-    - web_recipes
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/docker/traefik/README.md b/docs/docker/traefik/README.md
index 7ebb14e32..17c0083cc 100644
--- a/docs/docker/traefik/README.md
+++ b/docs/docker/traefik/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Please refer to the traefik documentation on how to setup a docker service in traefik. Since treafik can be a little
 confusing at times, the following are examples of my traefik configuration.
 
+Copy the docker-compose.override.yml.template and uncomment the corresponding part.
 
 You need to create a network called `traefik` using `docker network create traefik`.
 ## docker-compose.yml
diff --git a/docs/docker/traefik/docker-compose.yml b/docs/docker/traefik/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c72b510f0..000000000
--- a/docs/docker/traefik/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-version: "3"
-services:
-  db_recipes:
-    restart: always
-    image: "postgres:11-alpine"
-    volumes:
-    - ./postgresql:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-    env_file:
-    - ./.env
-
-  web_recipes:
-    build: .
-    restart: always
-    env_file:
-    - ./.env
-    command: "gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:8080 recipes.wsgi"
-    volumes:
-    - .:/Recipes
-    depends_on:
-    - db_recipes
-
-  nginx_recipes:
-    image: "nginx"
-    restart: always
-    env_file:
-    - ./.env
-    volumes:
-    - ./nginx/conf.d:/etc/nginx/conf.d
-    - ./staticfiles:/static
-    - ./mediafiles:/media
-    labels:
-      - "traefik.enable=true"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.recipes.rule=Host(`recipes.mydomain.com`, `recipes.myotherdomain.com`)"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.recipes.entrypoints=web_secure"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.recipes.tls.certresolver=le_resolver"
-
-networks:
-    default:
-       external:
-         name: traefik