diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-docker-beta.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-docker-beta.yaml
index e1f9fd35a..7c2b72904 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-docker-beta.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-docker-beta.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-beta.[0-9]+'
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-docker.[0-9]+'
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a04355504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# this compose file is for testing purposes only
+# use it for testing docker containsers built on local machine
+version: "3"
+services:
+  dbgate:
+    # build: docker
+    image: dbgate/dbgate:beta
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - 3100:3000
+    volumes:
+      - /mnt/sqt:/home/jena/test/chinook
+    environment:
+      CONNECTIONS: sqlite
+
+      LABEL_sqlite: sqt
+      FILE_sqlite: /mnt/sqt/Chinook.db
+      ENGINE_sqlite: sqlite@dbgate-plugin-sqlite
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3648f3fa5..48f578084 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
     "resetPackagedPlugins": "node resetPackagedPlugins",
     "prettier": "prettier --write packages/api/src && prettier --write packages/datalib/src && prettier --write packages/filterparser/src && prettier --write packages/sqltree/src && prettier --write packages/tools/src && prettier --write packages/types && prettier --write packages/web/src && prettier --write app/src",
     "copy:docker:build": "copyfiles packages/api/dist/* docker -f && copyfiles packages/web/public/* docker -u 2 && copyfiles \"packages/web/public/**/*\" docker -u 2 && copyfiles \"plugins/dist/**/*\" docker/plugins -u 2",
-    "prepare:docker": "yarn plugins:copydist && yarn build:web:docker && yarn build:api && yarn copy:docker:build",
+    "install:sqlite:docker": "cd docker && yarn init --yes && yarn add better-sqlite3 && cd ..",
+    "prepare:docker": "yarn plugins:copydist && yarn build:web:docker && yarn build:api && yarn copy:docker:build && yarn install:sqlite:docker",
     "start": "concurrently --kill-others-on-fail \"yarn start:api\" \"yarn start:web\"",
     "lib": "concurrently --kill-others-on-fail \"yarn start:sqltree\" \"yarn start:filterparser\" \"yarn start:datalib\" \"yarn start:tools\" \"yarn start:querysplitter\" \"yarn build:plugins:frontend:watch\"",
     "ts:api": "yarn workspace dbgate-api ts",
diff --git a/packages/api/webpack.config.js b/packages/api/webpack.config.js
index d448ccc11..29c9a4d06 100644
--- a/packages/api/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/api/webpack.config.js
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ var config = {
   target: 'node',
   node: {
     __dirname: false,
-  },  
+  },
   output: {
     path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
     filename: 'bundle.js',
     libraryTarget: 'commonjs2',
   },
 
-//   optimization: {
-//     minimize: false,
-//   },
+  // optimization: {
+  //   minimize: false,
+  // },
 
   module: {
     rules: [
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ var config = {
       },
     }),
   ],
+  externals: {
+    'better-sqlite3': 'commonjs better-sqlite3',
+  },
 };
 
 module.exports = config;