diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 57b96d0..2af05de 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@ poetry run pre-commit install
 
 This ensures the correct checks are run when you go to make a commit.
 
-### 4. Finished
+### 4. Setting up Docker
+
+If you are running Windows you will first need to install WSL. To install WSL
+follow Microsoft's guide [here](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install).
+
+To install Docker navigate [here](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/) to install Docker Desktop
+
+Run the Docker Desktop installer to finish the installation.
+
+To run docker navigate to the project directory and run `docker compose up -d` to start the required docker services.
+
+To stop the running docker services run `docker compose stop` in the project.
+
+### 5. Finished
 
 You are now all set up and ready to develop!
diff --git a/cclc_queue/settings.py b/cclc_queue/settings.py
index 334f8c8..27ea225 100644
--- a/cclc_queue/settings.py
+++ b/cclc_queue/settings.py
@@ -83,8 +83,12 @@
 
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
-        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
-        "NAME": BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3",
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.mysql",
+        "NAME": "cclc-queue",
+        "USER": "root",
+        "PASSWORD": "password",
+        "HOST": "127.0.0.1",
+        "PORT": "3306",
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e62b39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: "3.8"
+services:
+  mysql:
+    container_name: cclc_queue_mysql
+    image: mysql:8
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - 3306:3306
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: password
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: cclc-queue
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index b5509bd..b439f5b 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -347,6 +347,14 @@ category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mysqlclient"
+version = "2.1.1"
+description = "Python interface to MySQL"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nodeenv"
 version = "1.7.0"
@@ -621,7 +629,7 @@ python-versions = "*"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "b2006514c463f7975a5d59a547d24d675c7fc1f9c679ee5b28aa0e5f1d5f72eb"
+content-hash = "f0aa6eafbe5502d94cf43c6a4dc764c26a669b703a8ed6c0c071020a2632a99c"
 
 [metadata.files]
 appnope = [
@@ -755,6 +763,15 @@ mypy-extensions = [
     {file = "mypy_extensions-0.4.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:090fedd75945a69ae91ce1303b5824f428daf5a028d2f6ab8a299250a846f15d"},
     {file = "mypy_extensions-0.4.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2d82818f5bb3e369420cb3c4060a7970edba416647068eb4c5343488a6c604a8"},
 ]
+mysqlclient = [
+    {file = "mysqlclient-2.1.1-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:c1ed71bd6244993b526113cca3df66428609f90e4652f37eb51c33496d478b37"},
+    {file = "mysqlclient-2.1.1-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:c812b67e90082a840efb82a8978369e6e69fc62ce1bda4ca8f3084a9d862308b"},
+    {file = "mysqlclient-2.1.1-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:0d1cd3a5a4d28c222fa199002810e8146cffd821410b67851af4cc80aeccd97c"},
+    {file = "mysqlclient-2.1.1-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:b355c8b5a7d58f2e909acdbb050858390ee1b0e13672ae759e5e784110022994"},
+    {file = "mysqlclient-2.1.1-pp38-pypy38_pp73-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:996924f3483fd36a34a5812210c69e71dea5a3d5978d01199b78b7f6d485c855"},
+    {file = "mysqlclient-2.1.1-pp39-pypy39_pp73-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:dea88c8d3f5a5d9293dfe7f087c16dd350ceb175f2f6631c9cf4caf3e19b7a96"},
+    {file = "mysqlclient-2.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:828757e419fb11dd6c5ed2576ec92c3efaa93a0f7c39e263586d1ee779c3d782"},
+]
 nodeenv = [
     {file = "nodeenv-1.7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:27083a7b96a25f2f5e1d8cb4b6317ee8aeda3bdd121394e5ac54e498028a042e"},
     {file = "nodeenv-1.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e0e7f7dfb85fc5394c6fe1e8fa98131a2473e04311a45afb6508f7cf1836fa2b"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5fa7764..549d595 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Django = "^4.0.1"
 django-crispy-forms = "^1.14.0"
 psutil = "^5.9.2"
 crispy-bootstrap5 = "^0.7"
+mysqlclient = "^2.1.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 black = "^22.3.0"