diff --git a/dockerfiles/super_node/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/super_node/Dockerfile
index 06b55a83..2a4d2cbd 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/super_node/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/super_node/Dockerfile
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ RUN apk add busybox-extras
 # this is probably a noob move, but I want apk from alpine for the above but need to avoid Go 1.13 below as this error still occurs https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/6603
 FROM golang:1.12.4 as builder
 
-RUN yum install -y libusb1-devel systemd-devel
-
 # Get and build vulcanizedb
 ADD . /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb
@@ -19,7 +17,7 @@ RUN go get -u -d github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
 RUN git remote add vulcanize https://github.com/vulcanize/go-ipfs.git
 RUN git fetch vulcanize
-RUN git checkout -b pg_ipfs v0.4.22-alpha
+RUN git checkout -b pg_ipfs vulcanize/postgres_update
 RUN GO111MODULE=on GCO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -installsuffix cgo -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o ipfs ./cmd/ipfs
 
 # Build migration tool
@@ -53,6 +51,7 @@ COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/vulcanizedb vulcani
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/pressly/goose/cmd/goose/goose goose
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/db/migrations migrations/vulcanizedb
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/ipfs ipfs
+RUN touch vulcanizedb.log
 
 EXPOSE $EXPOSE_PORT_1
 EXPOSE $EXPOSE_PORT_2
diff --git a/dockerfiles/super_node/docker-compose.yml b/dockerfiles/super_node/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e842cd97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/super_node/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+version: '3.2'
+
+services:
+  db:
+    image: postgres:10.12-alpine
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: "postgres"
+      POSTGRES_DB: "vulcanize_public"
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "password"
+    volumes:
+    - vulcanizedb_db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    expose:
+    - "5432"
+    ports:
+    - "127.0.0.1:8079:5432"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 30
+
+  supernode:
+    depends_on:
+     - db
+    build:
+      context: ./../../
+      cache_from:
+        - alpine:latest
+        - golang:1.12.4
+      dockerfile: ./dockerfiles/super_node/Dockerfile
+      args:
+        CONFIG_FILE: ./environments/superNode.toml
+    environment:
+      IPFS_INIT: "true"
+      VDB_PG_NAME: "vulcanize_public"
+      VDB_PG_HOSTNAME: "db"
+      VDB_PG_PORT: 5432
+      VDB_PG_USER: "postgres"
+      VDB_PG_PASSWORD: "password"
+    ports:
+    - "127.0.0.1:8080:8080"
+    - "127.0.0.1:8081:8081"
+    - "127.0.0.1:8082:8082"
+    - "127.0.0.1:8083:8083"
+
+volumes:
+  vulcanizedb_db_data:
+
diff --git a/dockerfiles/super_node/startup_script.sh b/dockerfiles/super_node/startup_script.sh
index ddf6c8a1..7ecde43b 100755
--- a/dockerfiles/super_node/startup_script.sh
+++ b/dockerfiles/super_node/startup_script.sh
@@ -45,14 +45,10 @@ fi
 
 # If IPFS initialization was successful
 if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
-    # Wait until block synchronisation has begun
-    echo "Waiting for block synchronization to begin"
-    ( tail -f -n0 log.txt & ) | grep -q "Block synchronisation started" # this blocks til we see "Block synchronisation started"
-    # And then spin up the syncPublishScreenAndServe Vulcanizedb service
-    echo "Beginning the syncPublishScreenAndServe vulcanizedb process"
-    ./vulcanizedb superNode --config=config.toml 2>&1 | tee -a log.txt &
+    echo "Beginning the vulcanizedb super node process"
+    ./vulcanizedb superNode --config=config.toml 2>&1 | tee -a vulcanizedb.log &
 else
-    echo "Could not initialize state-diffing Geth."
+    echo "Could not initialize IPFS."
     exit
 fi
 
@@ -64,4 +60,4 @@ else
     exit
 fi
 
-wait
+tail -f vulcanizedb.log