diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c91c1fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+version: "3.8"
+services:
+  mongodb:
+    image: mongo
+    container_name: mongo
+    ports:
+      - "27017:27017"
+    volumes:
+      - data:/data
+    environment:
+      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=mongodb_user
+      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=mongodb_pwd
+
+  mongo-express:
+    image: mongo-express
+    container_name: mongo-express
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - "9090:8081"
+    environment:
+      - ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINUSERNAME=mongodb_user
+      - ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINPASSWORD=mongodb_pwd
+      - ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_SERVER=mongo
+      - ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_AUTH_USERNAME=admin
+      - ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_AUTH_PASSWORD=pass
+
+volumes:
+  data: {}
+
+networks:
+  default:
+    name: mongodb_network
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 928fef47..d861aa3e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,24 +28,24 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-            <optional>true</optional>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
@@ -55,17 +55,52 @@
             <artifactId>thymeleaf-extras-springsecurity6</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-docker-compose</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-testcontainers</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mongodb</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+            <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/JourneyApiApplication.java b/src/main/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/JourneyApiApplication.java
index 3dedba23..ad5fddce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/JourneyApiApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/JourneyApiApplication.java
@@ -1,13 +1,31 @@
 package com.github.nramc.dev.journey.api;
 
+import com.github.nramc.dev.journey.api.data.entity.LocationEntity;
+import com.github.nramc.dev.journey.api.data.repository.LocationRepository;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 
 @SpringBootApplication
+@Slf4j
 public class JourneyApiApplication {
 
-	public static void main(String[] args) {
-		SpringApplication.run(JourneyApiApplication.class, args);
-	}
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(JourneyApiApplication.class, args);
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    CommandLineRunner commandLineRunner(LocationRepository locationRepository) {
+        return args -> {
+            LocationEntity entity = new LocationEntity("Munich");
+            locationRepository.save(entity);
+
+            log.info("Number of documents found: {}", locationRepository.count());
+
+            locationRepository.findAll().forEach(location -> log.info("Found: {}", location));
+        };
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/data/entity/LocationEntity.java b/src/main/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/data/entity/LocationEntity.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbf602f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/data/entity/LocationEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.github.nramc.dev.journey.api.data.entity;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Document;
+
+@Document("location")
+@Data
+public class LocationEntity {
+    @Id
+    private String id;
+
+    private String name;
+
+    public LocationEntity(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/data/repository/LocationRepository.java b/src/main/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/data/repository/LocationRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..297e646a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/data/repository/LocationRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package com.github.nramc.dev.journey.api.data.repository;
+
+import com.github.nramc.dev.journey.api.data.entity.LocationEntity;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.MongoRepository;
+
+public interface LocationRepository extends MongoRepository<LocationEntity, String> {
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml b/src/main/resources/application-dev.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-prod.yml b/src/main/resources/application-prod.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b65064d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-prod.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+spring:
+  data:
+    mongodb:
+      database: ${DATABASE_NAME}
+      uri: ${MONGODB_CONNECTION_URL}
+
+
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
index a98e838d..ecdcaf6c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 spring:
   application:
     name: ${app.name}
+  data:
+    mongodb:
+      database: journey-dev
+      auto-index-creation: true
 
 app:
   name: Journey API
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/JourneyApiApplicationTests.java b/src/test/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/JourneyApiApplicationTests.java
index 9e0e0ef5..eb238187 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/JourneyApiApplicationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/JourneyApiApplicationTests.java
@@ -4,11 +4,21 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.testcontainers.service.connection.ServiceConnection;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClient;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.MongoDBContainer;
+import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Container;
+import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Testcontainers;
+import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
 
+@Testcontainers
 @SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
 class JourneyApiApplicationTests {
+    @Container
+    @ServiceConnection
+    static MongoDBContainer mongoDBContainer = new MongoDBContainer(DockerImageName.parse("mongo:latest"));
+
     @Autowired
     private ApplicationContext applicationContext;
     @Autowired
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/web/resources/mvc/home/HomeResourceTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/web/resources/mvc/home/HomeResourceTest.java
index 4a7f607b..c6065325 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/web/resources/mvc/home/HomeResourceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/nramc/dev/journey/api/web/resources/mvc/home/HomeResourceTest.java
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package com.github.nramc.dev.journey.api.web.resources.mvc.home;
 
 import com.github.nramc.dev.journey.api.config.ApplicationProperties;
+import com.github.nramc.dev.journey.api.data.repository.LocationRepository;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.web.servlet.WebMvcTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.MockBean;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders;
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@
 @WebMvcTest(HomeResource.class)
 @ActiveProfiles({"prod", "test"})
 @EnableConfigurationProperties({ApplicationProperties.class})
+@MockBean({LocationRepository.class})
 class HomeResourceTest {
     @Autowired
     private MockMvc mvc;