diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6254086..988f878 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ Currently this repository is not on [PyPi](https://pypi.org/) but will be added
 
 ```mermaid
 graph TB
-   subgraph backend[status-im/status-go]
-       subgraph Endpoints[Network: status-bridge]
+    subgraph backend[status-im/status-go]
+        subgraph Endpoints[Network: status-bridge]
            RPC[RPC]
            HTTP[REST]
            SOCKET[Web Socket]
        end
-       Vol[(Backup)]
+       Vol1[(Backup)]
+       Vol2[(Assets)]
    end
 
 
@@ -35,13 +36,14 @@ graph TB
         EVM
     end
 
-   SDK --> SIGNAL
-   SDK --> |Port 8080| RPC
-   SDK --> |Port 8080| HTTP
-   SIGNAL --> |Port 8080| SOCKET
-   SDK --> Vol
-   RPC --> |coingecko_api_key| COINGECKO
-   RPC --> |infura_token| EVM
+    SDK --> SIGNAL
+    SDK --> |Port 8080| RPC
+    SDK --> |Port 8080| HTTP
+    SIGNAL --> |Port 8080| SOCKET
+    SDK --> Vol1
+    SDK --> Vol2
+    RPC --> |coingecko_api_key| COINGECKO
+    RPC --> |infura_token| EVM
 ```
 
 ## Setup
@@ -63,16 +65,6 @@ sequenceDiagram
     Note over User,Python: from bot import Account<br>account = Account()
 ```
 
-### Docker
-
-Setup [`status-im/status-go`](https://github.com/status-im/status-go/) with the provided `docker-compose.yaml` file.
-
-```
-docker compose up -d
-```
-
-**Note**: To run on Windows, please make sure you clone `status-im/status-go` and change the context to the folder. If you do not want to clone the repository, make sure you have set up [WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install) and started it.
-
 ### Python
 
 1. Setup environment. [Conda](https://www.anaconda.com/) example:
@@ -87,3 +79,20 @@ conda create -n status-sdk python=3.12
 ```bash
 pip install -r ./requirements.txt
 ```
+
+### Docker
+
+Setup [`status-im/status-go`](https://github.com/status-im/status-go/) with the provided `docker-compose.yaml` file.
+
+```
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+If you would like to initialize and start the container with Python:
+
+```python
+from bot import launch_docker_container
+launch_docker_container()
+```
+
+**Note**: To run on Windows, please make sure you clone `status-im/status-go` and change the context to the folder. If you do not want to clone the repository, make sure you have set up [WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install) and started it.
diff --git a/bot/__init__.py b/bot/__init__.py
index 301bf3a..7030b2c 100644
--- a/bot/__init__.py
+++ b/bot/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 from .account import Account
+from .utils import launch_docker_container
diff --git a/bot/utils.py b/bot/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebfb8db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bot/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import shutil, os, subprocess, sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+def launch_docker_container():
+    """
+    Launch the Status Backend Docker container using `docker-compose.yaml`
+    """
+    is_windows = sys.platform == "win32"
+    if not shutil.which("docker"):
+        raise Exception("Please install Docker.")
+
+    DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), "docker-compose.yaml")
+    docker_path = DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH
+    if is_windows:
+        p = Path(DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH)
+        drive = p.drive.rstrip(":").lower()
+        docker_path = f"/mnt/{drive}/" + "/".join(p.parts[1:])
+
+    cmd = ["docker", "compose", "-f", docker_path, "up", "-d"]
+    if is_windows:
+        if not shutil.which("wsl"):
+            raise Exception("Please install wsl - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install.")
+        cmd.insert(0, "wsl")
+
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        cmd,
+        cwd=os.path.dirname(DOCKER_COMPOSE_PATH),
+        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+        text=True,
+    )
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        raise Exception(result.stderr.strip())
diff --git a/docs/SUMMARY.md b/docs/SUMMARY.md
deleted file mode 100644
index b2d1e9f..0000000
--- a/docs/SUMMARY.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Summary
-
-[Account](./account.md)
diff --git a/docs/images/overview-utils.png b/docs/images/overview-utils.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/docs/utils.md b/docs/utils.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ee3210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/utils.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Utils
+
+![Utils header image](./images/overview-utils.png)
+
+Helper functions for setting up the Status Backend environment.
+
+## Methods
+
+### `launch_docker_container()`
+
+Launch Status Backend Docker container in the background using `docker-compose.yaml`. If `docker` is not installed, or if the container fails to start, an **exception will be raised** with the error message from Docker.
+
+```python
+from bot import launch_docker_container
+
+launch_docker_container()
+```