diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 85e586f..74e3b01 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ services:
 
   database:
     container_name: eln_db
-    #restart: unless-stopped
+    # restart: unless-stopped
     image: postgres:15.1
     env_file: .backend.env
     volumes:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ services:
 
   backend:
     container_name: eln_backend
-    #restart: unless-stopped
+    # restart: unless-stopped
     build:
       context: ./backend
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
@@ -32,6 +32,35 @@ services:
     networks:
       - eln
 
+  nginx:
+    container_name: nginx
+    image: nginx:1.23-alpine
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+      - "443:443"
+    volumes:
+      - ./nginx/conf.d:/etc/nginx/conf.d
+      # - ./certbot/conf:/etc/nginx/ssl
+      # - ./certbot/data:/usr/share/nginx/html/letsencrypt
+    depends_on:
+      - database
+      - backend
+    networks:
+      - eln
+
+#  certbot:
+#    container_name: certbot
+#    image: certbot/certbot:latest
+#    restart: unless-stopped
+#    # command: certonly --webroot --webroot-path=/usr/share/nginx/html/letsencrypt --email email@email.com --agree-tos --no-eff-email -d domain.com
+#    volumes:
+#      - ./certbot/conf:/etc/letsencrypt
+#      - ./certbot/data:/usr/share/nginx/html/letsencrypt
+#      - ./certbot/logs:/var/log/letsencrypt
+#    networks:
+#      - flask_eln
+
 volumes:
   eln_db:
 
diff --git a/nginx/README.md b/nginx/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b42aed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Testing the configuration:
+
+```bash
+docker compose exec nginx nginx -t
+```
+Restart Nginx:
+```bash
+docker compose exec nginx nginx -s reload
+```
diff --git a/nginx/conf.d/default.conf b/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bdba94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+upstream api {
+	server eln_backend:8000;
+}
+
+server {
+	listen 80;
+	listen [::]:80;
+
+	# server_name
+
+	# letsencrypt challenge
+	# location ~ /.well-known/acme-challenge{
+	# 	 allow all;
+	# 	 root /usr/share/nginx/html/letsencrypt;
+	# }
+
+	location / {
+		proxy_set_header Host $host;
+		proxy_pass http://api/;
+	}
+}
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