diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2aa38ff..c075bef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,16 @@ docker run --detach \
     --volume /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro \
     nginxproxy/nginx-proxy:1.6
 ```
-
+```docker-compose
+services:
+  nginx-proxy:
+    image: nginxproxy/nginx-proxy
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+    volumes:
+      - "/var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock"
+```
 Then start any containers (here an nginx container) you want proxied with an env var `VIRTUAL_HOST=subdomain.yourdomain.com`
 
 ```console
@@ -29,7 +38,11 @@ docker run --detach \
     --env VIRTUAL_HOST=foo.bar.com \
     nginx
 ```
-
+```docker-compose
+    environment:
+      - VIRTUAL_HOST=git.patachina.casacam.net
+      - VIRTUAL_PORT=3000
+```
 Provided your DNS is setup to resolve `foo.bar.com` to the host running nginx-proxy, a request to `http://foo.bar.com` will then be routed to a container with the `VIRTUAL_HOST` env var set to `foo.bar.com` (in this case, the **your-proxied-app** container).
 
 The containers being proxied must :