diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 5099ff8..35737e5 100755
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ services:
     image: grafana/grafana
     ports:
       - 3000:3000
-networks:
-  default:
-    ipam:
-      driver: default
-      config:
-        - subnet: 192.168.5.0/24
+# below config only needed if using internal CI/CD from labbs
+# networks:
+#   default:
+#     ipam:
+#       driver: default
+#       config:
+#         - subnet: 192.168.5.0/24
diff --git a/nginx/nginx.conf b/nginx/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3c47fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+worker_processes 1;
+
+events { worker_connections 1024; }
+
+http {
+
+    sendfile on;
+
+    upstream app {
+        server app:3001;
+    }
+
+    upstream mongo {
+        server mongo:27017;
+    }
+
+    server {
+        listen 8080;
+
+        location / {
+            proxy_pass         http://app;
+            proxy_redirect     off;
+            proxy_set_header   Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+            proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Host $server_name;
+        }
+    }
+
+    server {
+        listen 8081;
+
+        location / {
+            proxy_pass         http://mongo;
+            proxy_redirect     off;
+            proxy_set_header   Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+            proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Host $server_name;
+        }
+    }
+
+}
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