diff --git a/castor/service/README.md b/castor/service/README.md
index 131373f86f..12117290ed 100644
--- a/castor/service/README.md
+++ b/castor/service/README.md
@@ -1 +1,10 @@
-# Castor BB
+# Castor BB service
+
+## Quickstart
+
+__Running Castor locally for development__
+
+```bash
+docker-compose -f docker/docker-compose-loca.yaml up -d
+sbt api-server/run
+```
diff --git a/castor/service/api-server/src/main/scala/io/iohk/atala/castor/apiserver/grpc/GrpcServer.scala b/castor/service/api-server/src/main/scala/io/iohk/atala/castor/apiserver/grpc/GrpcServer.scala
index 96bc5a5e7f..d8f16b744a 100644
--- a/castor/service/api-server/src/main/scala/io/iohk/atala/castor/apiserver/grpc/GrpcServer.scala
+++ b/castor/service/api-server/src/main/scala/io/iohk/atala/castor/apiserver/grpc/GrpcServer.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ object GrpcServer {
   def start(port: Int, services: Seq[ServerServiceDefinition]): Task[Unit] = {
     val managedServer = ZIO.acquireRelease(
       for {
-        _ <- ZIO.logInfo(s"staring grpc server on port $port")
+        _ <- ZIO.logInfo(s"starting grpc server on port $port")
         server <- ZIO.attempt {
           val builder = ServerBuilder.forPort(port)
           services.foreach(s => builder.addService(s))
diff --git a/castor/service/docker/docker-compose-local.yaml b/castor/service/docker/docker-compose-local.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98ae0a927d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/castor/service/docker/docker-compose-local.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+version: "3.9"
+
+services:
+  db:
+    image: postgres:13
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_DB: castor
+      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+    ports:
+      - 5432:5432
+    volumes:
+      -   pg_data_castor_db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+  # delay to ensure DB is up before apply migrations
+  db_init_delay:
+    image: alpine:3
+    command: sleep 5
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_started
+
+  db_init:
+    image: flyway/flyway:9.3.0-alpine
+    volumes:
+      - $PWD/migrations/sql:/flyway/sql
+    command: -url=jdbc:postgresql://db:5432/castor?user=postgres&password=postgres migrate
+    depends_on:
+      db_init_delay:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+
+volumes:
+  pg_data_castor_db:
diff --git a/castor/service/migrations/sql/V1__init_tables.sql b/castor/service/migrations/sql/V1__init_tables.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f727ec9fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/castor/service/migrations/sql/V1__init_tables.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CREATE TABLE public.published_did_operations(
+    "foo" VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
+    "bar" VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL
+);