diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index dcb6fdc..ee0275e 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -1,12 +1,101 @@
+#####################
+# Nuxt Application Configuration
+#####################
 # endpoint for API
 NUXT_API_PARTY_ENDPOINTS_API_URL=http://localhost:5000/v2
-NUXT_PUBLIC_COMMUNITY_API_URL=http://localhost:5000/v2
+# Nuxt auth base URL
 NUXT_PUBLIC_AUTH_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5000/auth
-NUXT_PUBLIC_TARGET_ENV=
+# Set debugging true or false
+NUXT_PUBLIC_DEBUG=
+# Used for displaying things like build banner which are
+# used for debugging purposes
+# development, production
+NUXT_PUBLIC_TARGET_ENV= development
+#####################
+# Nuxt Build Configuration
+# Displayed in the build banner
+#####################
 NUXT_PUBLIC_BUILD_COMMIT_SHA=
 NUXT_PUBLIC_BUILD_NUMBER=
 NUXT_PUBLIC_BUILD_LINK=
 NUXT_PUBLIC_BUILD_COMMIT_LINK=
 NUXT_PUBLIC_BUILD_REPO_LINK=
 NUXT_PUBLIC_BUILD_TIMESTAMP=
-NUXT_PUBLIC_DEBUG=
+
+######################################################
+# Docker Configuration
+######################################################
+########################
+# Server Configuration
+########################
+# This is used for logging info and debugging purposes.
+SERVER_URL=localhost
+# The port on which the server will run
+SERVER_PORT="5000"
+# The environment in which the server is running. # Used to control verbosity of logs and other environment-specific settings.
+# Possible values: development (Verbose), production (Shows only errors)
+TARGET_ENV=development
+# The API version to use, this is used to control the API versioning.
+API_VERSION="2.0"
+# The global prefix for the API, this is used to control the API prefix in the open api docs.
+API_GLOBAL_PREFIX="v2"
+JWT_SECRET=""
+VERIFICATION_TOKEN_TTL=3600000 # in ms, e.g., 1 hour
+SESSION_SECRET=""
+HTTPS_SESSION= false              # Set to true if you are using https, otherwise false
+SESSION_COOKIE_MAX_AGE='86400000' # in ms, e.g., 1 day
+########################
+## Database Configuration
+## These are assigned in environment variables section of the docker-compose file.
+########################
+DATABASE_HOST=db
+DATABASE_PORT=5432
+DATABASE_USER=root
+DATABASE_PASSWORD=root
+DATABASE_NAME=hub_dev
+########################
+# ADMIN JS Configuration
+########################
+SUPER_ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@josa.test.ngo
+SUPER_ADMIN_PASSWORD=adminCommunityPassword
+# This is used to config the JOSA contributions api
+CONTRIBUTION_API=http://contributions.josa.ngo/api/v1/users
+# the wikipedia api endpoint https prefix is added in the member services getWikimediaContributions. We use this one so we can cycle between arabic and english wikidpedia
+WIKIPEDIA_API_ENDPOINT='wikipedia.org/w/api.php'
+WIKIDATA_API_ENDPOINT='https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php'
+COMMONS_WIKIMEDIA_API_ENDPOINT='https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php'
+########################
+# Mail Client Configuration
+########################
+# This is used to send the email url. Should be updated from the tempalte later on and removed from here.
+CLIENT_URL=
+LIST_MONK_URL=
+LIST_MONK_USER=
+LIST_MONK_TOKEN=
+LIST_MONK_LIST_ID=
+LIST_MONK_WELCOME_TEMPLATE_ID=
+LIST_MONK_RESET_TEMPLATE_ID=
+########################
+# Digital Ocean Spaces Configuration
+########################
+DO_SPACES_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
+DO_SPACES_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET=
+DO_SPACES_BUCKET_NAME=               # example bucket-name/sub-folder
+DO_SPACES_BUCKET_SUB_PATH=           # destination folder, used for the url, example: commmunity
+DO_SPACES_BUCKET_PUBLIC_LINK=        # fra1.do.com
+DO_SPACES_BUCKET_PUBLIC_LINK_PREFIX= # EXAMPLE: josa-dev-api.fra1.do.com without the fra1.do.com
+########################
+# Redis Configuration
+## These are assigned in environment variables section of the docker-compose file.
+########################
+REDIS_HOST=redis
+REDIS_PORT=6379
+REDIS_PASSWORD=
+REDIS_DB=0
+REDIS_TTL=
+###########################
+# POSTGRES docker Configuration
+###########################
+POSTGRES_USER=root
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=root
+POSTGRES_DB=hub_dev
diff --git a/Dockerfile.local b/Dockerfile.local
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea18929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.local
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+FROM node:22.15.0
+
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY . .
+RUN npm install && npm run build
+
+EXPOSE ${PORT}
+
+CMD [ "npm", "run", "dev" ]
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index efb482a..6e7414d 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -1,37 +1,29 @@
 services:
   # Nuxt Frontend
-  # web:
-  #   container_name: community-web
-  #   build:
-  #     context: .
-  #   environment:
-  #     NUXT_COMMUNITY_API_URL: http://api:8080
-  #     PORT: 3000
-  #     HOST: '0.0.0.0'
-  #   ports:
-  #     - '3000:3000'
-  #   volumes:
-  #     - ./:/app/
-  #   command: npm run dev
+  web:
+    container_name: community-web
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.local
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    ports:
+      - '3000:3000'
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/app/
+      - /app/node_modules # Ensures node_modules from the image build is used
+    command: npm run dev
 
   # Nest Backend
   api:
     container_name: community-api
     image: josaorg/community-api:latest
     env_file: .env
-    environment:
-      - DATABASE_HOST=db
-      - DATABASE_PORT=5432
-      - DATABASE_USER=root
-      - DATABASE_PASSWORD=root
-      - DATABASE_NAME=hub_dev
-      - REDIS_HOST=redis
-      - REDIS_PORT=6379
-      # - TARGET_ENV='development'
+    ports:
+      - '5000:5000'
     depends_on:
       - db
       - redis
-    # command: npm run start:dev
   redis:
     image: 'bitnami/redis:latest'
     environment:
@@ -43,7 +35,8 @@ services:
     image: postgres:14.3
     ports:
       - '6543:5432'
-    environment:
-      - POSTGRES_USER=root
-      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=root
-      - POSTGRES_DB=hub_dev
+    env_file: .env
+    volumes:
+      - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+volumes:
+  postgres-data: