diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8c44e88..9762f11 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,26 +11,30 @@
 #   - https://pkgs.org/ - resource for finding needed packages
 #   - Ex: hexpm/elixir:1.17.2-erlang-27.0.1-debian-bullseye-20240904-slim
 #
-ARG ELIXIR_VERSION=1.17.2
-ARG OTP_VERSION=27.0.1
-ARG DEBIAN_VERSION=bullseye-20240904-slim
+ARG ELIXIR_VERSION=1.18.1
+ARG OTP_VERSION=27.2
+ARG DEBIAN_VERSION=bookworm-20241223-slim
 
 ARG BUILDER_IMAGE="hexpm/elixir:${ELIXIR_VERSION}-erlang-${OTP_VERSION}-debian-${DEBIAN_VERSION}"
 ARG RUNNER_IMAGE="debian:${DEBIAN_VERSION}"
+ARG NODE_VERSION=20
 ####################################################################################################
-FROM ${BUILDER_IMAGE} as package_installer
+FROM ${BUILDER_IMAGE} AS package_installer
 
 # install build dependencies
+RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_${NODE_VERSION}.x
 RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y build-essential \
     git \
     locales \
+    curl \
     inotify-tools \
+    nodejs \
     && apt-get clean && rm -f /var/lib/apt/lists/*_*
 
 # prepare build dir
 WORKDIR /app
 ####################################################################################################
-FROM package_installer as development
+FROM package_installer AS development
 RUN mix local.hex --force && \
     mix archive.install hex phx_new --force && \
     mix local.rebar --force
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ COPY . .
 
 CMD [ "bash" ]
 ####################################################################################################
-FROM package_installer as builder
+FROM package_installer AS builder
 
 # install hex + rebar
 RUN mix local.hex --force && \
@@ -77,21 +81,20 @@ COPY config/runtime.exs config/
 COPY rel rel
 RUN mix release
 ####################################################################################################
-
 # start a new build stage so that the final image will only contain
 # the compiled release and other runtime necessities
 FROM ${RUNNER_IMAGE}
 
 RUN apt-get update -y && \
-  apt-get install -y libstdc++6 openssl libncurses5 locales ca-certificates \
-  && apt-get clean && rm -f /var/lib/apt/lists/*_*
+    apt-get install -y libstdc++6 openssl libncurses5 locales ca-certificates \
+    && apt-get clean && rm -f /var/lib/apt/lists/*_*
 
 # Set the locale
 RUN sed -i '/en_US.UTF-8/s/^# //g' /etc/locale.gen && locale-gen
 
-ENV LANG en_US.UTF-8
-ENV LANGUAGE en_US:en
-ENV LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8
+ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+ENV LANGUAGE=en_US:en
+ENV LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
 
 WORKDIR "/app"
 RUN chown nobody /app
@@ -100,7 +103,19 @@ RUN chown nobody /app
 ENV MIX_ENV="prod"
 
 # Only copy the final release from the build stage
-COPY --from=builder --chown=nobody:root /app/_build/${MIX_ENV}/rel/phoenix_deploy_test ./
+COPY --from=builder --chown=nobody:root /app/_build/${MIX_ENV}/rel/phx_db ./
+
+# Copy the tailwind-cli binary used to compile stylesheets for pages
+RUN mkdir -p ./bin/_build
+COPY --from=builder --chown=nobody:root /app/_build/tailwind-* ./bin/_build/
+
+# Copy heroicons svg files to used on the icon component
+RUN mkdir -p ./vendor
+COPY --from=builder --chown=nobody:root /app/deps/heroicons ./vendor/heroicons
+
+# create cache dir for Req
+RUN mkdir -p /nonexistent/.cache/req
+RUN chown nobody:root /nonexistent/.cache/req
 
 USER nobody
 
@@ -109,4 +124,4 @@ USER nobody
 # above and adding an entrypoint. See https://github.com/krallin/tini for details
 # ENTRYPOINT ["/tini", "--"]
 
-CMD ["/app/bin/server"]
+CMD ["sh", "-c", "/app/bin/migrate && /app/bin/server"]
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index e8918f7..62a755a 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 services:
-  # db:
-  #   image: postgres:16
-  #   restart: always
-  #   environment:
-  #     POSTGRES_USER: postgres
-  #     POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
-  #     POSTGRES_DB: phoenix_deploy_test_dev
-  #   volumes:
-  #     - postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-  #     - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
-  #   ports:
-  #     - 5432:5432
+  db:
+    image: postgres:17
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+      POSTGRES_DB: bmt_checkout_dev
+    volumes:
+      - postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
+    ports:
+      - 5432:5432
 
   app:
     command: bash #-c "mix deps.get && mix phx.server"
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ services:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
       target: development
-    
+
     environment:
       - HISTFILE=/usr/local/hist/.bash_history
-    # depends_on:
-    #   - db
+    depends_on:
+      - db
     volumes:
       - .:/app
       - bash_history:/usr/local/hist
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ services:
 
 volumes:
   bash_history:
-  # postgres:
+  postgres: