diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-to-production.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-to-production.yaml
index 442ee37..dcef6aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-to-production.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-to-production.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   # We should add a job to run the tests first...
-
   deploy:
     name: Deploy to organisers.doesliverpool.com
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9017604..ba5067a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ node_modules/
 .sqlite/
 .env
 out/
+.idea/
+email_pass
+email_user
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..149c802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# WorkFlow
+The `master` branch is used purely for deploying to production. All work should be done on the `development` branch but branching off of it following the naming scheme `<feature>/<issue_number>-<name>`, for example, `feature/58-fix-test-environment`
+
+# LocalHosting/Testing
+To run the project through docker, 'email_user' and 'email_pass' files need to exist in the root directory, populated only be a valid email address that can recieve emails and dummy password. You should copy the '.test.env' file into a proper '.env' file and populate it for the docker compose file to inherit the values.
+
+Ensure that the file permissions for the project matches the permissiond defined in the 'docker-compose.yml' file and ensure that the database is populated and migrated properly by running
+'docker-compose exec api npx knex seed:run --env production'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a69f17e..427fbca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ The `bootstrap` folder contains the site scss file (optimism.scss) and a subfold
 For production we're running the `api` and `website` components as separate Docker containers, with an off-the-shelf Postgres container to provide the database.
 
 Their interactions are orchestrated with `docker compose`, so getting it running should just be a case of running:
-  * `docker-compose build`
-  * `docker-compose up`
+  * `docker compose build`
+  * `docker compose up`
 
 For the email username and password, the docker compose setup expects two files `email_user` and `email_pass` in the root folder.
 
-To run any database migrations, once things are running then run: `docker-compose exec api npx knex migrate:latest --env production`
+To run any database migrations, once things are running then run: `docker compose exec api npx knex migrate:latest --env production`
 
 Any time things are pushed to the `master` branch, the [live site will automatically deploy the new version](https://github.com/DoESLiverpool/optimism/issues/48).
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 6b5c112..c08d06d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 services:
   db:
-    image: postgres
+    image: postgres:17.10-bookworm
     container_name: optimism_db
     environment:
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: topsecret
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ services:
         OPTIMISM_SMTP_PORT: "587"
         OPTIMISM_SMTP_SECURE: "false"
     container_name: optimism_api
+    user: "${UID-1000}:${GID-1000}"
     ports:
       - 127.0.0.1:3001:3001
     links:
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ services:
       args:
         OPTIMISM_API_CLIENT_SIDE_URL: "http://localhost:3001/api"
     container_name: optimism_website
+    user: "${UID-1000}:${GID-1000}"
     ports:
       - 127.0.0.1:3000:3000
     links:
diff --git a/website/Dockerfile b/website/Dockerfile
index 304cdf6..0d69e38 100644
--- a/website/Dockerfile
+++ b/website/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Simple docker setup for the web server
-FROM node:16
+FROM node:20-alpine
 
 EXPOSE 3001