diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5bff78cf20c77427d004177d76376460d44c0f55..8bbb4dd0510ca1b8dd9f2208056a929e65df817a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ htmlcov
 .vscode/
 
 docker-stack.yml
+.env
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 09d6ebf2dca0a5eb1638d2cafdde865b09503722..b223d5ec0c320d7614202473593d5af50e5c991b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ variables:
   ESAP_DB_IMAGE: ${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}
   PGADMIN_DEFAULT_EMAIL: pgadmin4@pgadmin.org
   PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD: admin
+  TRAEFIK_PUBLIC_NETWORK_IS_EXTERNAL: 'false'
 
 before_script:
   - docker version
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ffadef32eb06fdd0daa33916cb1785ecf93cfea..b89e97049cab775b63ee4840408c58ab06df3aa6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ DBPROJECT_USER=postgres
 DBPROJECT_PASSWORD=postgres
 PGADMIN_DEFAULT_EMAIL=pgadmin@pgadmin.org
 PGADMIN_DEFAULT_PASSWORD=admin
+TRAEFIK_PUBLIC_NETWORK_IS_EXTERNAL=false
 ```
 
 To check that ESAP-DB is working locally:
diff --git a/host-files/docker-compose.yml b/host-files/docker-compose.yml
index 42b2327882c1d5bfc9e9c833773cd4cec570f72a..dcf9a2c224eeab9606cab3454937cb96c1b21cff 100644
--- a/host-files/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/host-files/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 version: "3"
 
+networks:
+  traefik_proxy:
+    external: ${TRAEFIK_PUBLIC_NETWORK_IS_EXTERNAL?Variable not set}
+
 services:
 
   esap-db:
@@ -26,13 +30,23 @@ services:
       context: ..
       args:
         INSTALL_DEV: ${INSTALL_DEV:-false}
-    command: bash -c "/code/scripts/prepare-app.sh && uvicorn app.main:app --port 8001 --host 0.0.0.0 --reload"
+    command: bash -c "/code/scripts/prepare-app.sh && uvicorn app.main:app --root-path=/esap-db --port 8001 --host 0.0.0.0 --reload"
     ports:
       - "8001:8001"
     depends_on:
       - dbadmin
       - dbproject1
-
+    networks:
+      - traefik_proxy
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.esap-dbtool.entryPoints=websecure"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.esap-dbtool.service=esap-dbtool"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.esap-dbtool.rule=Host(`sdc-dev.astron.nl`) && PathPrefix(`/esap-db/`)"
+      - "traefik.http.services.esap-dbtool.loadbalancer.server.port=8001"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.esap-dbtool.middlewares=esap-dbtool-stripprefix"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.esap-dbtool-stripprefix.stripprefix.prefixes=/esap-db/"
+ 
   dbadmin:
     image: postgres:12
     ports:
@@ -41,6 +55,8 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_USER=${DBADMIN_USER}
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DBADMIN_PASSWORD}
       - POSTGRES_DB=dbadmin
+    networks:
+      - traefik_proxy
 
   dbproject1:
     image: postgres:12
@@ -52,6 +68,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_USER=${DBPROJECT_USER}
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DBPROJECT_PASSWORD}
+    networks:
+      - traefik_proxy
 
   pgadmin:
     container_name: pgadmin
@@ -63,3 +81,5 @@ services:
       - "5050:80"
     depends_on:
       - dbadmin
+    networks:
+      - traefik_proxy
diff --git a/host-files/run.sh b/host-files/run.sh
index 9eb639bcba2a5122df6d69ff11b5d0ea7f400938..b2c869267bc88e897b1d72c2070d098f3c40d8ac 100755
--- a/host-files/run.sh
+++ b/host-files/run.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ export ESAP_DB_PATH="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pw
 
 DOMAIN=backend \
 SMTP_HOST="" \
-TRAEFIK_PUBLIC_NETWORK_IS_EXTERNAL=false \
 INSTALL_DEV=true \
 docker-compose -f ${ESAP_DB_PATH}/docker-compose.yml config > ${ESAP_DB_PATH}/docker-stack.yml