diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+++ b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "env"]
+	path = env
+	url = git@git.faulty.nl:infra/env
diff --git a/docker-compose.development.yml b/docker-compose.development.yml
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+version: '2.2'
+
+services:
+  mysql:
+    image: mariadb:10.3
+    container_name: mysql
+    restart: always
+    env_file:
+      - ./env/dev.database.env
+    volumes:
+      - /srv/devdb/data:/var/lib/mysql
+    ports:
+      - 3306:3306
diff --git a/env b/env
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+++ b/env
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+Subproject commit ef2b833d837a4b171ca36713b9b13bc6fe957a3e