diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 588ece0..07d8e7d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 docker-compose.override.yml
 
 .idea/*
+.vscode/*
 data/*
 code/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile.dev b/backend/Dockerfile.dev
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4efdec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# https://hub.docker.com/_/python
+FROM python:3.10-slim
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app/snypy
+COPY /code/snypy-backend/requirements.txt /usr/src/app/snypy/requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir pip gunicorn psycopg2-binary -U
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+EXPOSE 8000
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.override.dev.yml b/docker-compose.override.dev.yml
index e347551..4345b5a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.override.dev.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ version: "3"
 
 services:
   api:
+    image: snypy-dev
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ./backend/Dockerfile.dev
     environment:
       DEBUG: "True"
       ALLOWED_HOSTS: "localhost"
@@ -11,6 +15,8 @@ services:
       REGISTER_VERIFICATION_URL: "http://localhost:4200/verify-user/"
       RESET_PASSWORD_VERIFICATION_URL: "http://localhost:4200/set-password/?token={token}"
       REGISTER_EMAIL_VERIFICATION_URL: "http://localhost:4200/verify-email/"
+      SENTRY_ENABLED: "True"
+      SENTRY_DSN: "http://changeme@localhost:9000/1"
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker-compose.override.example.yml b/docker-compose.override.example.yml
index 7593d95..5ba80d0 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.example.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.override.example.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ services:
       REGISTER_VERIFICATION_URL: "http://127.0.0.1:8080/verify-user/"
       RESET_PASSWORD_VERIFICATION_URL: "http://127.0.0.1:8080/set-password/"
       REGISTER_EMAIL_VERIFICATION_URL: "http://127.0.0.1:8080/verify-email/"
+      SENTRY_ENABLED: "True"
+      SENTRY_DSN: "http://changeme@localhost:9000/1"
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index cf73eff..570064d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ services:
       REGISTER_VERIFICATION_URL: "http://localhost:8080/verify-user/"
       RESET_PASSWORD_VERIFICATION_URL: "http://localhost:8080/set-password/?token={token}"
       REGISTER_EMAIL_VERIFICATION_URL: "http://localhost:8080/verify-email/"
+      SENTRY_ENABLED: "False"
     depends_on:
       - db