diff --git a/.env-example b/.env-example
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5e840e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env-example
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+DOCKER_PREFIX=openui
+CONTAINER_NAME=openui
+
+# Ports
+BACKEND_OPENUI_PORT=9000
+OLLAMA_OPENUI_PORT=11434
+OPENAPI_KEY=YOUR_OPENAPI_KEY
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index acd2382d..f51cb8ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .DS_Store
-nohup.out
\ No newline at end of file
+nohup.out
+.env
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12289cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+.PHONY: network remove-network list-network start stop destroy volume build list link exe composer bun bun-upgrade bun-update
+
+COMPOSE =sudo docker-compose
+DOCKER = sudo docker
+# Load .env file
+DOCKER_PREFIX:= $(shell grep -E '^DOCKER_PREFIX' .env | cut -d '=' -f 2)
+CONTAINER_NAME:= $(shell grep -E '^CONTAINER_NAME' .env | cut -d '=' -f 2)
+BACKEND_OPENUI_PORT:= $(shell grep -E '^BACKEND_OPENUI_PORT' .env | cut -d '=' -f 2)
+OLLAMA_OPENUI_PORT:= $(shell grep -E '^OLLAMA_OPENUI_PORT' .env | cut -d '=' -f 2)
+
+# /*
+# |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# | docker cmds
+# |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# */
+start:
+	@$(COMPOSE) up -d
+
+stop:
+	@$(COMPOSE) down
+
+destroy:
+	@$(COMPOSE) rm -v -s -f
+
+volume:
+	@$(DOCKER) volume ls
+
+build:
+	@$(COMPOSE) build
+
+list:
+	@$(COMPOSE) ps -a
+
+prune:
+	@$(DOCKER) system prune -a
+
+# /*
+# |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# | Utility cmds
+# |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# */
+link:
+	@echo "Creating URLs for services with '$(DOCKER_PREFIX)_' prefix..."
+	@SERVER_IP=$$(hostname -I | cut -d' ' -f1); \
+	echo "http://$$SERVER_IP:$(BACKEND_OPENUI_PORT)"; \
+	echo "http://$$SERVER_IP:$(OLLAMA_OPENUI_PORT)";
+
+
+exe-backend:
+	@$(DOCKER) exec -it ${DOCKER_PREFIX}_${CONTAINER_NAME}_OPENUI_BACKEND /bin/bash
+
+exe-ollama:
+	@$(DOCKER) exec -it ${DOCKER_PREFIX}_${CONTAINER_NAME}_OPENUI_BACKEND /bin/bash
+
+# Commands and their descriptions
+help:
+	@echo "Available commands:"
+	@echo "  make start             - Starts the services"
+	@echo "  make stop              - Stops the services"
+	@echo "  make destroy           - Removes containers and volumes"
+	@echo "  make volume            - Lists Docker volumes"
+	@echo "  make build             - Builds the Docker containers"
+	@echo "  make list              - Lists all Docker containers"
+	@echo "  make link              - Creates URLs for services"
+	@echo "  make exe-backend       - Executes a bash shell in the backend container"
+	@echo "  make exe-ollama        - Executes a bash shell in the ollama container"
+	@echo "  make help              - Displays this help message"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 47b8cc41..5a096696 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -2,23 +2,24 @@ version: '3.8'
 
 services:
   ollama:
+    container_name: ${DOCKER_PREFIX}_${CONTAINER_NAME}_OPENI_OLLAMA
     image: ollama/ollama:latest
     ports:
-      - "11434:11434"
+      - ${OLLAMA_OPENUI_PORT}:11434
     volumes:
       - ${OLLAMA_VOLUME_PATH:-ollama}:/root/.ollama
 
   backend:
+    container_name: ${DOCKER_PREFIX}_${CONTAINER_NAME}_OPENUI_BACKEND
     build:
       context: ./backend
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
     ports:
-      - "7878:7878"
+      - ${BACKEND_OPENUI_PORT}:7878
     environment:
-      - OLLAMA_HOST=http://ollama:11434
-      # Just remove `=xxx` to have the env variable passed forward
-      - OPENAI_API_KEY=xxx
+      - OLLAMA_HOST=ollama
+      - OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAPI_KEY}
     depends_on:
       - ollama
 volumes:
-  ollama:
\ No newline at end of file
+  ollama: