diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..faac0e23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.vscode/
+.venv/
+build/
+static/
+umap_project.egg-info/
+data/
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d236ae74..2dd0996e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ node_modules/*
 umap/static/umap/vendors
 site/*
 .pytest_cache/
+static/
+uploads/
 
 ### Python ###
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
@@ -18,3 +20,6 @@ build/
 dist/
 *.egg-info/
 
+.env
+.venv/
+
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4627221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Python: Remote Attach",
+            "type": "python",
+            "request": "attach",
+            "connect": {
+                "host": "localhost",
+                "port": 5678
+            },
+            "pathMappings": [
+                {
+                    "localRoot": "${workspaceFolder}/umap/",
+                    "remoteRoot": "/srv/app/umap/"
+                }
+            ],
+            "justMyCode": false
+        }
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e8a523cf..34df0aee 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,27 +1,13 @@
 FROM node:18 AS vendors
 
-COPY . /srv/umap
+COPY . /srv/app
 
-WORKDIR /srv/umap
+WORKDIR /srv/app
 
 RUN make installjs
-
 RUN make vendors
 
-FROM python:3.8-slim
-
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
-    UMAP_SETTINGS=/srv/umap/umap/settings/docker.py \
-    PORT=8000
-
-RUN mkdir -p /srv/umap/data && \
-    mkdir -p /srv/umap/uploads
-
-COPY . /srv/umap
-
-COPY --from=vendors /srv/umap/umap/static/umap/vendors /srv/umap/umap/static/umap/vendors
-
-WORKDIR /srv/umap
+FROM python:3.8-slim as app_python
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
@@ -42,10 +28,21 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         zlib1g-dev \
         libfreetype6-dev \
         liblcms2-dev \
-        libwebp-dev \
-        && \
-    pip install --no-cache -r requirements-docker.txt && pip install . && \
-    apt-get remove -y \
+        libwebp-dev
+
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    UMAP_SETTINGS=/srv/app/umap/settings/docker.py \
+    PORT=8000
+
+COPY . /srv/app
+RUN mkdir -p /srv/app/data && \
+    mkdir -p /srv/app/uploads
+COPY --from=vendors /srv/app/umap/static/umap/vendors /srv/app/umap/static/umap/vendors
+
+WORKDIR /srv/app
+
+RUN pip install --no-cache -r requirements-docker.txt && pip install .
+RUN apt-get remove -y \
         binutils \
         libproj-dev \
         libffi-dev \
@@ -64,4 +61,10 @@ EXPOSE 8000
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/tini", "--"]
 
-CMD ["/srv/umap/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+CMD ["/srv/app/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+
+FROM app_python as app_python_debug
+
+WORKDIR /srv/app
+
+RUN pip install debugpy==1.6.7
diff --git a/docker-compose.override.yml b/docker-compose.override.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8147feb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.override.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+version: '2'
+
+services:
+
+  app:
+    build:
+      target: app_python_debug
+    environment:
+      PYTHON_DEBUG: True
+    volumes:
+      - ./umap:/srv/app/umap
+    ports:
+      - 8000:8000
+      - 5678:5678
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90602663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+version: '2'
+services:
+  postgres:
+    image: postgis/postgis:14-3.2
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+    volumes:
+      - ./data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+  redis:
+    image: redis:latest
+  app:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      target: app_python
+    environment:
+      DATABASE_URL: postgis://postgres:postgres@postgres/postgres
+      REDIS_URL: redis://redis:6379/0
+      SECRET_KEY: some-long-and-weirdly-unrandom-secret-key
+      ALLOWED_HOSTS: "*"
+      SITE_URL: http://localhost:8000/
+      LEAFLET_STORAGE_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS: true
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres
+    volumes:
+      - $PWD:/srv/umap
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index cf4094f0..9e044821 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -27,5 +27,9 @@ umap collectstatic --noinput
 #umap storagei18n
 # compress static files
 umap compress
-# run uWSGI
-exec uwsgi --ini uwsgi.ini
+
+if [ "$PYTHON_DEBUG" = true ] ; then
+  python -m debugpy --listen 0.0.0.0:5678 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 --nothreading --noreload
+else
+  exec uwsgi --ini uwsgi.ini
+fi
diff --git a/requirements-docker.txt b/requirements-docker.txt
index b1955e87..f4b99064 100644
--- a/requirements-docker.txt
+++ b/requirements-docker.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 django-environ==0.4.1
-django-redis==4.7.0
-uwsgi==2.0.14
+django-redis==5.2.0
+uwsgi==2.0.21
diff --git a/umap/settings/dev.py b/umap/settings/dev.py
index 9439e43b..327898ab 100644
--- a/umap/settings/dev.py
+++ b/umap/settings/dev.py
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
         'NAME': 'umap',
+        'SECRET_KEY': 'some-long-and-weirdly-unrandom-secret-key',
     }
 }
diff --git a/umap/settings/docker.py b/umap/settings/docker.py
index 097a35da..b405cc7e 100644
--- a/umap/settings/docker.py
+++ b/umap/settings/docker.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ env = environ.Env()
 
 SECRET_KEY = env('SECRET_KEY')
 INTERNAL_IPS = env.list('INTERNAL_IPS', default='127.0.0.1')
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = env.list('ALLOWED_HOSTS', default='*')
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = env.list('ALLOWED_HOSTS', default=['*'])
 
-DEBUG = env.bool('DEBUG', default=False)
+DEBUG = env.bool('PYTHON_DEBUG', default=False)
 
 ADMIN_EMAILS = env.list('ADMIN_EMAIL', default='')
 ADMINS = [(email, email) for email in ADMIN_EMAILS]
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'
 UMAP_USE_UNACCENT = False
 
 # For static deployment
-STATIC_ROOT = '/srv/umap/static'
+STATIC_ROOT = '/srv/app/static'
 
 # For users' statics (geojson mainly)
-MEDIA_ROOT = '/srv/umap/uploads'
+MEDIA_ROOT = '/srv/app/uploads'
 
 # Default map location for new maps
 LEAFLET_LONGITUDE = env.int('LEAFLET_LONGITUDE', default=2)
diff --git a/uwsgi.ini b/uwsgi.ini
index 2cf2c279..e42c8feb 100644
--- a/uwsgi.ini
+++ b/uwsgi.ini
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ vacuum = True
 max-requests = 5000
 processes = 4
 enable-threads = true
-static-map = /static=/srv/umap/static
-static-map = /uploads=/srv/umap/uploads
+static-map = /static=/srv/app/static
+static-map = /uploads=/srv/app/uploads