diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bae407f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+POSTGRES_USER=
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=
+POSTGRES_HOST=
+DB_PORT=
+POSTGRES_DB=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a2d2bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+SHELL := /bin/bash
+
+# PYTHON
+VENV_NAME := .venv
+PYTHON := $(VENV_NAME)/bin/python
+PIP := $(VENV_NAME)/bin/pip
+REQUIREMENTS := requirements-dev.txt
+
+# Docker
+DOCKER_COMPOSE := docker-compose
+DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE := docker-compose.yml
+DOCKER_DIRECTORY := dev_env
+
+.PHONY: all venv install activate clean dev_env_start dev_env_stop
+
+all: venv install activate
+
+venv:
+	python3 -m venv $(VENV_NAME)
+	@echo "Activating virtual environment with 'source $(VENV_NAME)/bin/activate'. Run 'deactivate' to exit."
+
+install: venv
+	@source $(VENV_NAME)/bin/activate && $(PIP) install -r $(REQUIREMENTS)
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(VENV_NAME)
+
+dev_env_start:
+	if [ ! $(DOCKER_COMPOSE)]; then \
+		echo "Docker Compose not installed. Please install Docker Compose."; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) -f $(DOCKER_DIRECTORY)/$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE) up -d
+	@echo "Running migrations..."
+	$(PYTHON) manage.py migrate
+
+dev_env_stop:
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) -f $(DOCKER_DIRECTORY)/$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE) down -v
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev_env/docker-compose.yml b/dev_env/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac00a8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev_env/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  db:
+    image: postgres:13
+    restart: always
+    env_file:
+      - ../.env
+    ports:
+      - 5432:5432
+    volumes:
+      - ./postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
diff --git a/la_chariotte/settings.py b/la_chariotte/settings.py
index 844810c..fd0c454 100644
--- a/la_chariotte/settings.py
+++ b/la_chariotte/settings.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 import sentry_sdk
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+load_dotenv()
 
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 BASE_URL = os.getenv("BASE_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:8000")
@@ -83,16 +86,16 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = "la_chariotte.wsgi.application"
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
         "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
-        "NAME": os.getenv("DB_NAME", "chariotte"),
+        "NAME": os.getenv("POSTGRES_DB", "chariotte"),
     }
 }
 
-if os.getenv("DB_USER"):
-    DATABASES["default"]["USER"] = os.getenv("DB_USER")
-if os.getenv("DB_PASSWORD"):
-    DATABASES["default"]["PASSWORD"] = os.getenv("DB_PASSWORD")
-if os.getenv("DB_HOST"):
-    DATABASES["default"]["HOST"] = os.getenv("DB_HOST")
+if os.getenv("POSTGRES_USER"):
+    DATABASES["default"]["USER"] = os.getenv("POSTGRES_USER")
+if os.getenv("POSTGRES_PASSWORD"):
+    DATABASES["default"]["PASSWORD"] = os.getenv("POSTGRES_PASSWORD")
+if os.getenv("POSTGRES_HOST"):
+    DATABASES["default"]["HOST"] = os.getenv("POSTGRES_HOST")
 if os.getenv("DB_PORT"):
     DATABASES["default"]["PORT"] = os.getenv("DB_PORT")
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e4d7dc9..86bd142 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "html2text>=2020.1.16",
     "django-crispy-forms>=2.0,<3",
     "crispy-bulma>=0.11.0,<1",
+    "python-dotenv==1.0.0"
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools]
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 5d35b64..fcf1cc0 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -212,7 +212,10 @@ zipp==3.15.0
     # via importlib-metadata
 zopfli==0.2.2
     # via fonttools
+python-dotenv==1.0.0
+    # via la-chariotte (pyproject.toml)
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
 # pip
 # setuptools
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c6e231c..668d353 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -137,3 +137,5 @@ xhtml2pdf==0.2.11
     # via la-chariotte (pyproject.toml)
 zopfli==0.2.2
     # via fonttools
+python-dotenv==1.0.0
+    # via la-chariotte (pyproject.toml)