diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8ccc9d7..a57417d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -65,6 +65,5 @@ system-user-*.json
 orbitdb
 ipfsdata
 .ipfsdata
-ipfs-service-provider.sh
 
 !README.md
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5823cf..ce41258 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ This project covers basic necessities of most APIs.
 
 ## Installation
 
+### Development Environment
+
+A development environment will allow you modify the code on-the-fly and contribute to the code base of this repository. [PM2](https://www.npmjs.com/package/pm2) is recommended for running this code base as an IPFS Circuit Relay.
+
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/Permissionless-Software-Foundation/ipfs-service-provider
 cd ipfs-service-provider
@@ -44,6 +48,19 @@ npm install
 npm start
 ```
 
+### Production Environment
+
+The [docker](./production/docker) directory contains a Dockerfile for building a production deployment. However, there is currently [a bug](https://github.com/Permissionless-Software-Foundation/ipfs-service-provider/issues/38) preventing the Docker container from being used as a Circuit Relay.
+
+```
+docker-compose build --no-cache
+docker-compose up -d
+```
+
+### Operation Notes
+
+- There is a memory leak in the version of js-ipfs. The app is currently configured to shut down every 8 hours to flush memory. It relies on a process manager like pm2, Docker, or systemd to restart the app after it shuts down, in order to ensure continuous operation.
+
 ## Structure
 
 The file layout of this repository differs from the koa-api-boilerplate. Instead, it follows the file layout of [Clean Architecture](troutsblog.com/blog/clean-architecture).
diff --git a/ipfs-service-provider.sh b/ipfs-service-provider.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f6739fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipfs-service-provider.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Ports
+export PORT=5001 # REST API port
+export IPFS_TCP_PORT=5268
+export IPFS_WS_PORT=5269
+
+#export ENABLE_CIRCUIT_RELAY=1
+
+# Production database connection string.
+#export DBURL=mongodb://localhost:27017/bch-service-dev
+
+export COORD_NAME=ipfs-serive-provider-generic
+export MNEMONIC="churn aisle shield silver ladder swear hunt slim pen demand spoil veteran"
+
+export DEBUG_LEVEL=1
+
+npm start