diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3ed7d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[*.yml]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..764e480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#Laravel Backend
+APP_NAME=Laravel
+APP_ENV=local
+APP_KEY=
+APP_DEBUG=true
+APP_URL=http://localhost
+
+LOG_CHANNEL=stack
+LOG_DEPRECATIONS_CHANNEL=null
+LOG_LEVEL=debug
+
+DB_CONNECTION=mysql
+DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
+DB_PORT=3306
+DB_DATABASE=laravel
+DB_USERNAME=root
+DB_PASSWORD=
+
+BROADCAST_DRIVER=log
+CACHE_DRIVER=file
+FILESYSTEM_DISK=local
+QUEUE_CONNECTION=sync
+SESSION_DRIVER=file
+SESSION_LIFETIME=120
+
+MEMCACHED_HOST=127.0.0.1
+
+REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
+REDIS_PASSWORD=null
+REDIS_PORT=6379
+
+MAIL_MAILER=smtp
+MAIL_HOST=mailpit
+MAIL_PORT=1025
+MAIL_USERNAME=null
+MAIL_PASSWORD=null
+MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
+MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="hello@example.com"
+MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"
+
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
+AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
+AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
+AWS_BUCKET=
+AWS_USE_PATH_STYLE_ENDPOINT=false
+
+PUSHER_APP_ID=
+PUSHER_APP_KEY=
+PUSHER_APP_SECRET=
+PUSHER_HOST=
+PUSHER_PORT=443
+PUSHER_SCHEME=https
+PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER=mt1
+
+VITE_APP_NAME="${APP_NAME}"
+VITE_PUSHER_APP_KEY="${PUSHER_APP_KEY}"
+VITE_PUSHER_HOST="${PUSHER_HOST}"
+VITE_PUSHER_PORT="${PUSHER_PORT}"
+VITE_PUSHER_SCHEME="${PUSHER_SCHEME}"
+VITE_PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER="${PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER}"
+
+# Database
+MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD=true
+MYSQL_DATABASE=databse
+MYSQL_USER=secret
+MYSQL_PASSWORD=secret
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..870f442
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.env
+frontend/.env
+backend/.env
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 33f6936..4f0e0ab 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -5,44 +5,35 @@ RUN mkdir -p /var/www/html/databasestore
 
 WORKDIR /var/www/html
 
-# Install Composer manually
 COPY --from=composer/composer:latest-bin /composer /usr/bin/composer
 
-RUN apk add --no-cache \
-    npm
-
 COPY ./ /var/www/html
 
 RUN composer install --optimize-autoloader --no-interaction --no-dev --ignore-platform-req=ext-intl
 
-FROM unit:php8.2
+FROM dunglas/frankenphp
 
 RUN mkdir -p /var/www/html
-RUN mkdir -p /var/www/html/databasestore
+RUN mkdir -p /app/public/databasestore
 
-WORKDIR /var/www/html
+WORKDIR /app/public
 
-COPY --from=build --chown=unit:unit /var/www/html /var/www/html
+COPY --from=build /var/www/html /app/public
 
 ENV TZ=Europe/Berlin
 
-# Update package lists and install required dependencies
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-    libicu-dev \
-    libjpeg-dev \
-    libpng-dev \
-    libfreetype6-dev \
-    sudo \
-    && apt-get clean \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# Install and enable the intl and gd extensions
-RUN docker-php-ext-install intl gd
-
-COPY docker/config.json /docker-entrypoint.d/config.json
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y netcat-traditional && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-COPY docker/entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.d/entrypoint.sh
+RUN install-php-extensions \
+    pdo_mysql \
+    gd \
+    intl \
+    zip \
+    opcache
 
-RUN chmod +x /docker-entrypoint.d/entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /app/public/docker/entrypoint.sh
 
-EXPOSE 80
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/public/docker/entrypoint.sh"]
+CMD [ "frankenphp", "run", "--config", "/etc/caddy/Caddyfile" ]
diff --git a/backend/docker/config.json b/backend/docker/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 219e17b..0000000
--- a/backend/docker/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "listeners": {
-        "*:80": {
-            "pass": "routes"
-        }
-    },
-    "routes": [
-        {
-            "match": {
-                "uri": "!/index.php"
-            },
-            "action": {
-                "share": "/var/www/html/public$uri",
-                "response_headers": {
-                    "Cache-Control": "max-age=60, s-maxage=120"
-                },
-                "fallback": {
-                    "pass": "applications/laravel"
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    ],
-    "applications": {
-        "laravel": {
-            "type": "php",
-            "root": "/var/www/html/public/",
-            "script": "index.php"
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c12fac9..732167f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,23 @@ services:
       options:
         max-size: "10m"
 
+  database:
+    image: mysql:8.0
+    volumes:
+      - mysql:/var/lib/mysql:cached
+    networks:
+      - stack
+    ports:
+      - 127.0.0.1:3306:3306
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    command: mysqld --character-set-server=utf8 --collation-server=utf8_general_ci --sql_mode=''
+    logging:
+      options:
+        max-size: "10m"
+        max-file: "3"
+    restart: always
+
   frontend:
     image: ghcr.io/chaostreff-flensburg/pretty-good-proposal/frontend:latest
     restart: always