diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee99712ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  hypha:
+    build: .
+    image: amun-ai/hypha
+    container_name: hypha
+    command: --port 9520 --host=0.0.0.0
+    ports:
+      - 9520:9520
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdcf6205d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+channels:
+  - anaconda
+  - conda-forge
+  - defaults
+dependencies:
+  - python=3.10
+  - conda-forge::minio 
+  - pip
+  - pip:
+    - playwright
+    - -e .[server-apps]
diff --git a/requirements_test.txt b/requirements_test.txt
index 7e43be6d8..ecc5ea7b4 100644
--- a/requirements_test.txt
+++ b/requirements_test.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ requests==2.31.0
 websocket-client==1.6.1
 nvidia-pytriton==0.2.1; python_version == '3.8'
 simpervisor==1.0.0
+testcontainers
diff --git a/tests/test_containers.py b/tests/test_containers.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5af2cdc94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_containers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from testcontainers.compose import DockerCompose
+import requests
+import time
+
+
+def test_server_response():
+    compose = DockerCompose(
+        "./"
+    )  # Assuming docker-compose.yml is in the same directory
+    print(compose)
+
+    with compose:
+        # Wait a few seconds for the server to be up
+        time.sleep(5)
+
+        # Docker Compose typically uses the service name as the hostname
+        host, port = compose.get_service_host_and_port("hypha", 9520)
+
+        # Construct the URL to test
+        url = f"http://{host}:{port}"
+
+        result_current_dir = compose.exec_in_container(["touch", "test"])
+
+        # assert result_current_dir.exit_code == 0
+
+        result_tmp = compose.exec_in_container(["touch", "/tmp/test"])
+
+        # assert result_tmp.exit_code == 0
+
+        print("Write tests passed successfully!")
+        response = requests.get(url)
+        if response.status_code == 200:
+            print("Server responded successfully!")
+        else:
+            print(f"Server responded with status code: {response.status_code}")