diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.iml
 *.idea
 
+demo_data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 61d679c..1492caf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ Work is still in progress!
     1. handles the `GEOSERVER_OPTS`
     1. starts the tomcat
 
+## Quickstart
+
+You can quickstart by using the docker-compose demo
+
+`docker-compose -f docker-compose-demo.yml up --build`
+
+(use `sudo` if you get problems with mounted geoserver data dir)
+
 ## Building
 
 `docker build -t geoserver:test .`
diff --git a/docker-compose-demo.yml b/docker-compose-demo.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58c017a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose-demo.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+version: '3'
+services:
+  geoserver:
+    build:
+      context: .
+    ports:
+      - 8080:8080
+    environment:
+      - STABLE_EXTENSIONS=wps
+      - INITIAL_MEMORY=1G
+      - MAXIMUM_MEMORY=2G
+    volumes:
+      - ./demo_data/geoserver_data:/opt/geoserver_data/:Z