diff --git a/Docker/docker-compose.yaml b/Docker/docker-compose.yaml
index c9fa3431f..b72b5fc60 100644
--- a/Docker/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/Docker/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ services:
       - ./redis/data:/data
   mongodb:
     image: uptime_database_mongo:latest
-    command: ["mongod", "--quiet"]
+    command: ["mongod", "--quiet", "--auth"]
     ports:
       - "27017:27017"
     volumes:
       - ./mongo/data:/data/db
+      - ./mongo/init/create_users.js:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/create_users.js
+    env_file:
+      - mongo.env
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diff --git a/Docker/mongo/init/create_users.js b/Docker/mongo/init/create_users.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67a21f910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Docker/mongo/init/create_users.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+var username = process.env.USERNAME_ENV_VAR;
+var password = process.env.PASSWORD_ENV_VAR;
+
+db = db.getSiblingDB("uptime_db");
+
+db.createUser({
+  user: username,
+  pwd: password,
+  roles: [
+    {
+      role: "readWrite",
+      db: "uptime_db",
+    },
+  ],
+});
+print("User uptime_user created successfully");
diff --git a/Docker/mongoDB.Dockerfile b/Docker/mongoDB.Dockerfile
index fa79e8a92..a2ee5a645 100644
--- a/Docker/mongoDB.Dockerfile
+++ b/Docker/mongoDB.Dockerfile
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 FROM mongo
-EXPOSE 27017
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+EXPOSE 27017
+CMD ["mongod", "--auth"]