diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c9c30267ff..a972851d04 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ celerybeat-schedule
 *.sage.py
 
 # Environments
-.env
+*.env
 .venv
 env/
 venv/
diff --git a/compose.dev.yml b/compose.dev.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..049d79c954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.dev.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+services:
+  bot:
+    build:
+      context: .
+    container_name: modmail-develop
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - 8555:8000
+    volumes:
+      # Add your volume mount for local plugins here
+      - ../modmail-plugins/:/home/modmail/plugins/@local/
+    env_file:
+      - .dev.env
+    environment:
+      - CONNECTION_URI=mongodb://db
+      - PUID=1000
+      - PGID=1000
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+
+  db:
+    image: mongo
+    container_name: modmail-devdb
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - 27017:27017
+    volumes:
+      - ./env/devdb:/data/db
+    environment:
+      - PUID=1000
+      - PGID=1000
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/compose.yml
similarity index 67%
rename from docker-compose.yml
rename to compose.yml
index 1eb8ea6bd0..fc9e59ccaf 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ services:
     container_name: modmail
     restart: always
     environment:
-      - CONNECTION_URI=mongodb://mongo
+      - CONNECTION_URI=mongodb://db
     env_file:
       - .env
     depends_on:
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ services:
 
   db:
     image: mongo
-    container_name: mongodb
+    container_name: modmail-db
     restart: always
     volumes:
-      - mongodb:/data/db
-
-volumes:
-  mongodb:
+      - ./env/db:/data/db