diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3.1'
+
+services:
+
+  db:
+    image: mysql:5.7
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      - MYSQL_DATABASE=stregsystem
+      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=juststars
+      - MYSQL_USER=stregsystem
+      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=hunter2
+      - MYSQL_ROOT_HOST=172.17.0.1
+    ports:
+      - 3306:3306
diff --git a/docker/restore-database-testenv.sh b/docker/restore-database-testenv.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Script for setting up docker-stregsystem and reloading prod-database dump
+
+# be verbose
+set -x
+
+# path to mysql dump file after extraction from backup
+database_dump_path=stregsystem-db-2021-09-24.txt
+
+# password to use to restore backup
+mysql_root_password=juststars
+
+# set to empty (sudo='') if sudo is not required for your docker installation
+sudo='sudo '
+
+# flush and setup environment 
+$sudo docker-compose down && sudo docker-compose up -d
+
+printf "Wait for MySQL to start up in database [assuming 20s]\n"
+sleep 20
+
+# remember to put "use stregsystem;" in backup before running
+printf -- "--\n-- Restore hotfix, must use stregsystem\n--\n\nuse stregsystem;\n" | cat - $database_dump_path | $sudo docker exec -i docker_db_1 sh -c "exec mysql -uroot -p$mysql_root_password"