diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c7c340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Ignore .git directory
+.git
+
+# Ignore any .env files
+.env
+application*.yml
+application.yml
+
+# Ignore build directories
+build/
+target/
+!gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+# Ignore Gradle cache
+.gradle/
+
+# Ignore logs and temporary files
+*.log
+*.tmp
+*.swp
+
+# Ignore IDE specific files
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+out/
+!**/src/main/**/out/
+!**/src/test/**/out/
+
+# Ignore OS generated files
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Ignore the Git hooks directory
+.git/hooks/
+
+# Ignore Docker-related files
+docker-compose.yml
+Dockerfile
+
+# Ignore README and other documentation files
+README.md
+HELP.md
+
+# Ignore setup script and pre-push hook
+setup.sh
+pre-push
+
+# STS specific files
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+bin/
+!**/src/main/**/bin/
+!**/src/test/**/bin/
+
+# NetBeans specific files
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 30c9032..769a886 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ out/
 ### Environment Variable Files ###
 application*.yml
 application.yml
+.env
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 37e440b..bb22fc7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,14 +43,9 @@ and see "Hello Swarm!"
 
 Unit Tests:
 
-
-
 OpenAI API Call Example:
 
-*IMPORTANT*
-Create an application.yml in the src/main/resources folder(the one with application.properties) AND another application.yml in test/resources. Then get an OpenAI api key from their website
-and copy it into both of the application.yml files in this format:
-OPENAI_API_KEY: <YOUR-GENERATED-KEY-GOES-HERE>
+IMPORTANT Create an application.yml in the src/main/resources folder(the one with application.properties) AND another application.yml in test/resources. Then get an OpenAI api key from their website and copy it into both of the application.yml files in this format: OPENAI_API_KEY:
 
 ABSOLUTELY DO NOT COPY THIS KEY INTO ANY OTHER FILE, OR COMMIT CODE WITH KEYS IN IT.
   
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2ecf479..95d89c6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# version - Specifies the version of the Docker Compose file format.
-# services - Defines the services to be created when docker-compose up is run.
-# build - Tells Docker-Compose to build an image using the Dockerfile in the current directory.
-# app - The name of the services to be created when docker-compose up is run.
-# ports - Maps port 8080 of the host to port 8080 of the container.
-version: '3.8'
 services:
   app:
     build: .
     ports:
       - "8080:8080"
+
+  test:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    command: ./gradlew test
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index b58820f..c7133cf 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 spring.application.name=swarm-rest-api
-spring.profiles.active=local
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+spring.profiles.active=local