diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e0fe7ce587dc7e5264ad86dd2f8398680f53ff22..d5ef79590ea48c4ec31a049439ad1fe39cd87603 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ Provides the docker-compose for the  DBMS-Jungle-Evaluator
   mkdir /var/log/evaluation-orchestrator/
   ```
 
-* Required folder for persistent data:
+* Required folders for persistent data:
 
   ```
   mkdir -p /var/lib/cloudiator/colosseum-store/
+
+  mkdir -p /opt/portainer/data
   ```
 
 * Required folder for evaluation results:
@@ -79,5 +81,5 @@ git clone https://omi-gitlab.e-technik.uni-ulm.de/ds/db-evaluator-docker.git
   * fill in the required Id in one of the [example templates](https://omi-gitlab.e-technik.uni-ulm.de/dbms-jungle-explorer/db-evaluator-docker/tree/master/examples)
   * start the evaluation by passing the template to the  REST-API on port 8282
 
-
+* Portainer container management UI is available on port 9001 
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index fe822b2b80b41016bc0c190ab022105b3b794881..187ba882d2c4c170d227bb3a994ba71d8b589530 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -96,5 +96,13 @@ services:
       - 8282:8282
     volumes:
       - /var/log/evaluation-orchestrator/:/var/log/evaluation-orchestrator/ 
-      - /opt/evaluation-results/:/opt/evaluation-results/        
+      - /opt/evaluation-results/:/opt/evaluation-results/  
+  portainer:
+    image: portainer/portainer
+    ports:
+      - "9001:9000"
+    command: -H unix:///var/run/docker.sock
+    volumes:
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+      - /opt/portainer/data:/data          
       
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