diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 526079b..c833191 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ services:
       PYTHON_MONGO_HOST: ${PYTHON_MONGO_HOST:-mongodb}
       PYTHON_MONGO_PORT: ${PYTHON_MONGO_PORT:-27017}
       PYTHON_MONGO_DATABASE: ${PYTHON_MONGO_DATABASE:-transparenzregister}
+      # postgres access
+      PYTHON_POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${PYTHON_POSTGRES_PASSWORD:?error}
+      PYTHON_POSTGRES_USERNAME: ${PYTHON_POSTGRES_USERNAME:-postgres}
+      PYTHON_POSTGRES_HOST: ${PYTHON_POSTGRES_HOST:-postgres}
+      PYTHON_POSTGRES_DATABASE: ${PYTHON_POSTGRES_DATABASE:-db}
+      PYTHON_POSTGRES_PORT: ${PYTHON_POSTGRES_PORT:-5432}
+      # schedule
       PYTHON_INGEST_SCHEDULE: ${PYTHON_INGEST_SCHEDULE:-4}
     deploy:
       replicas: 1
diff --git a/local-docker-compose.yml b/local-docker-compose.yml
index 12a9c98..550e217 100644
--- a/local-docker-compose.yml
+++ b/local-docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ services:
       PYTHON_MONGO_HOST: ${PYTHON_MONGO_HOST:-mongodb}
       PYTHON_MONGO_PORT: ${PYTHON_MONGO_PORT:-27017}
       PYTHON_MONGO_DATABASE: ${PYTHON_MONGO_DATABASE:-transparenzregister}
+      # postgress login
+      PYTHON_POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${PYTHON_POSTGRES_PASSWORD:?error}
+      PYTHON_POSTGRES_USERNAME: ${PYTHON_POSTGRES_USERNAME:-postgres}
+      PYTHON_POSTGRES_HOST: ${PYTHON_POSTGRES_HOST:-postgres}
+      PYTHON_POSTGRES_DATABASE: ${PYTHON_POSTGRES_DATABASE:-db}
+      PYTHON_POSTGRES_PORT: ${PYTHON_POSTGRES_PORT:-5432}
+      # ingest config
       PYTHON_INGEST_SCHEDULE: ${PYTHON_INGEST_SCHEDULE:-4}
       PYTHON_INGEST_SCHEDULE_FILE: ${PYTHON_INGEST_SCHEDULE_FILE:-/data/ingest_schedule.json}
     volumes: