diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+services:
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:16-alpine
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_DB: cameleer_saas
+      POSTGRES_USER: cameleer
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: cameleer_dev
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    volumes:
+      - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+volumes:
+  pgdata:
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/siegeln/cameleer/saas/CameleerSaasApplicationTest.java b/src/test/java/net/siegeln/cameleer/saas/CameleerSaasApplicationTest.java
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+++ b/src/test/java/net/siegeln/cameleer/saas/CameleerSaasApplicationTest.java
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+package net.siegeln.cameleer.saas;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
+
+@SpringBootTest
+@Import(TestcontainersConfig.class)
+@ActiveProfiles("test")
+class CameleerSaasApplicationTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void contextLoads() {
+        // Verifies the application context starts successfully
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/siegeln/cameleer/saas/TestcontainersConfig.java b/src/test/java/net/siegeln/cameleer/saas/TestcontainersConfig.java
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+package net.siegeln.cameleer.saas;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.TestConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.testcontainers.service.connection.ServiceConnection;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.PostgreSQLContainer;
+
+@TestConfiguration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
+public class TestcontainersConfig {
+
+    @Bean
+    @ServiceConnection
+    PostgreSQLContainer<?> postgresContainer() {
+        return new PostgreSQLContainer<>("postgres:16-alpine");
+    }
+}