diff --git a/DistTestCore/DistTest.cs b/DistTestCore/DistTest.cs
index e2a5c77..6a0f2f8 100644
--- a/DistTestCore/DistTest.cs
+++ b/DistTestCore/DistTest.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ namespace DistTestCore
         [OneTimeSetUp]
         public void GlobalSetup()
         {
+            fixtureLog.Log($"Codex Distributed Tests are starting...");
+            fixtureLog.Log($"Codex image: '{CodexContainerRecipe.DockerImage}'");
+            fixtureLog.Log($"Prometheus image: '{PrometheusContainerRecipe.DockerImage}'");
+            fixtureLog.Log($"Geth image: '{GethContainerRecipe.DockerImage}'");
+
             // Previous test run may have been interrupted.
             // Begin by cleaning everything up.
             try
@@ -54,9 +59,6 @@ namespace DistTestCore
             }
 
             fixtureLog.Log("Global setup cleanup successful");
-            fixtureLog.Log($"Codex image: '{CodexContainerRecipe.DockerImage}'");
-            fixtureLog.Log($"Prometheus image: '{PrometheusContainerRecipe.DockerImage}'");
-            fixtureLog.Log($"Geth image: '{GethContainerRecipe.DockerImage}'");
         }
 
         [SetUp]
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yaml b/docker/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6445b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+services:
+  codex-node1:
+    # image: codexstorage/nim-codex:sha-82b0399
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
+    environment:
+      - CODEX_LOG_LEVEL=${CODEX_LOG_LEVEL:-TRACE}
+      - CODEX_METRICS=${CODEX_METRICS:-false}
+    ports:
+      - 8080:8080/tcp # REST API