diff --git a/gym-app.code-workspace b/gym-app.code-workspace
deleted file mode 100644
index cb23fba..0000000
--- a/gym-app.code-workspace
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"folders": [
-		{
-			"path": "."
-		},
-		{
-			"path": "../ekl-logging"
-		},
-		{
-			"path": "../queuenode"
-		}
-	],
-	"settings": {}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9cd73a4..52ffbad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@
     "ci": "pnpm install --frozen-lockfile",
     "mongo-logs": "docker compose logs -f mongo1 | grep -oP '\"\\$date\":\"\\K[^\"]+|\"msg\":\"\\K[^\"]+' | sed -n 'N;s/\\n/ - /p'",
     "mongo-logs-health": "docker inspect --format='{{json .State.Health}}' gym-mongo1-1 | jq",
-    "sentry:sourcemaps": "sentry-cli sourcemaps inject --org thomfilgcom --project node ./build && sentry-cli sourcemaps upload --org thomfilgcom --project node ./build"
+    "sentry:sourcemaps": "sentry-cli sourcemaps inject --org thomfilgcom --project node ./build && sentry-cli sourcemaps upload --org thomfilgcom --project node ./build",
+    "kompose:convert:dev": "npm run docker:compose:merge:dev && kompose convert -f ./kubernetes/docker-compose.dev.yml --out kubernetes/dev",
+    "kompose:convert:prod": "npm run docker:compose:merge:prod && kompose convert -f ./kubernetes/docker-compose.prod.yml --out kubernetes/prod",
+    "docker:compose:merge:prod": "docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.prod.yml config > ./kubernetes/docker-compose.prod.yml",
+    "docker:compose:merge:dev": "docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.override.yml config > ./kubernetes/docker-compose.dev.yml"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@emotion/react": "^11.13.0",
diff --git a/scripts/init-repository.sh b/scripts/init-repository.sh
index b04f7f1..6908fcc 100755
--- a/scripts/init-repository.sh
+++ b/scripts/init-repository.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ source ./scripts/setup/doppler.sh
 source ./scripts/setup/mongo.sh
 source ./scripts/setup/nvm.sh
 source ./scripts/setup/pnpm.sh
-
+source ./scripts/setup/kompose.sh
+source ./scripts/setup/kubernetes.sh
 
 # Ensure .nvmrc is available
 if [[ ! -f ".nvmrc" ]]; then
@@ -16,20 +17,21 @@ fi
 installDocker
 installDockerCompose
 installDoppler
-
-configureDoppler
+installKubernetes
+installKompose
 installNVM
 installPnpm
 
-pnpm install
-
 # Check if .env file exists
 if [[ ! -f .env ]]; then
     # If not, copy .env.sample to .env
     cp .env.sample .env
 fi
 
+configureDoppler
+
+pnpm install
+
 genMongoKeyFile
 
-# Use Doppler to run Docker Compose
-doppler run -- docker compose up --build -d
+pnpm dev -d
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/setup/kompose.sh b/scripts/setup/kompose.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2ce643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/setup/kompose.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+installKompose() {
+  # Install Kompose if not already installed
+  if ! command -v kompose &> /dev/null
+  then
+      echo "Kompose not found! Installing..."
+      curl -L https://github.com/kubernetes/kompose/releases/download/v1.34.0/kompose-linux-amd64 -o kompose
+      chmod +x kompose
+      sudo mv kompose /usr/local/bin/kompose
+  else
+      echo "Kompose is already installed!"
+  fi
+  kompose version
+}
+
diff --git a/scripts/setup/kubernetes.sh b/scripts/setup/kubernetes.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1ae6365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/setup/kubernetes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Function to create MongoDB secrets
+createSecrets() {
+  if kubectl get secret mongo-secret &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "Secret mongo-secret already exists"
+  else
+    echo "Creating mongo-secret"
+    export $(grep -v '^#' .env | xargs)
+    kubectl create secret generic mongo-secret \
+      --from-literal=mongo-root-username=$MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME \
+      --from-literal=mongo-root-password=$MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD
+  fi
+}
+
+installKubernetes() {
+  # Install kubectl if not already installed
+  if ! command -v kubectl &> /dev/null
+  then
+    echo "kubectl not found! Installing..."
+    curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
+    if [[ -f ./kubectl ]]; then
+        chmod +x ./kubectl
+        sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+        echo "kubectl installed successfully!"
+    else
+        echo "Failed to download kubectl."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+  else
+      echo "kubectl is already installed!"
+  fi
+
+  kubectl version --client
+}