diff --git a/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2cc1a1c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+version: "3"
+name: pybitmessage
+services:
+  bootstrap:
+    image: pybitmessage/bootstrap:latest
+    build: ..
+    ports:
+      - 127.0.0.1::8444
+    deploy:
+      replicas: $THREADS
diff --git a/docker-compose/start-loadbalancer.sh b/docker-compose/start-loadbalancer.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7e763076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/start-loadbalancer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+apt -y install curl jq ipvsadm
+
+EXTIP=$(curl -s telnetmyip.com|jq -r .ip)
+THREADS=$(nproc --all)
+echo "THREADS=$THREADS" > .env
+
+ipvsadm -C
+ipvsadm -A -t ${EXTIP}:8444 -s rr
+ipvsadm -A -t ${EXTIP}:8080 -s rr
+
+docker compose up -d
+
+for i in `seq 1 $THREADS`; do
+	cont="pybitmessage-bootstrap-${i}"
+	IP=$(docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' $cont 2>/dev/null)
+	[ -z "$IP" ] && continue
+	echo "Adding $IP"
+	ipvsadm -a -t ${EXTIP}:8444 -r ${IP}:8444 -m
+	ipvsadm -a -t ${EXTIP}:8080 -r ${IP}:8444 -m
+done
+
+ipvsadm -l
diff --git a/packages/docker/launcher.sh b/packages/docker/launcher.sh
index c0e48855..1a876fec 100755
--- a/packages/docker/launcher.sh
+++ b/packages/docker/launcher.sh
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
 # Setup the environment for docker container
 APIUSER=${USER:-api}
 APIPASS=${PASSWORD:-$(tr -dc a-zA-Z0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c32 && echo)}
+IP=$(hostname -i)
 
 echo "\napiusername: $APIUSER\napipassword: $APIPASS"
 
-sed -i -e "s|\(apiinterface = \).*|\10\.0\.0\.0|g" \
+sed -i -e "s|\(apiinterface = \).*|\1$IP|g" \
     -e "s|\(apivariant = \).*|\1json|g" \
     -e "s|\(apiusername = \).*|\1$APIUSER|g" \
     -e "s|\(apipassword = \).*|\1$APIPASS|g" \
+    -e "s|\(bind = \).*|\1$IP|g" \
     -e "s|apinotifypath = .*||g" ${BITMESSAGE_HOME}/keys.dat
 
 # Run