diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c4a619..eb54d31 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,12 +25,108 @@ sudo systemctl status towerd
 sudo journalctl -u towerd -f
 ```
 
-## Config
+## Metrics
 
-Edit in `/etc/towerd/env`
+Originally I was going to write to my influxdb server over the network but I learned that influxdb can be configured
+to save locally and drain when network is up, which would be pretty awesome for edge computing like the tower. So, 
+new architecture is to run locally and configure it to replicate.
 
+### Local Config
+
+Create `/opt/towerd/.env`
+
+```shell
+INFLUXDB_INIT_PASSWORD=change-me
+INFLUXDB_INIT_ADMIN_TOKEN=change-me-to-a-long-random-token
+INFLUXDB_INIT_ORG=tower
+INFLUXDB_INIT_BUCKET=tower
 ```
-TOWERD_INFLUX_TOKEN=<token>
-TOWERD_INFLUX_ORG=<org>
-TOWERD_INFLUX_BUCKET=<xyz>
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+
+then
+
+```shell
+cd /opt/towerd
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+Init vars only matter once
+
+InfluxDB listens on `127.0.0.1:8086` only.
+
+### Configure towerd
+
+Create `/etc/towerd/env`:
+
+```shell
+TOWERD_INFLUX_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8086
+TOWERD_INFLUX_ORG=tower
+TOWERD_INFLUX_BUCKET=tower
+TOWERD_INFLUX_TOKEN=<same as INFLUXDB_INIT_ADMIN_TOKEN>
+TOWERD_INFLUX_HOST=kw1fox-1
+
+# optional
+# TOWERD_INFLUX_INTERVAL_S=30
+```
+
+Restart towerd after editing:
+
+```shell
+sudo systemctl restart towerd
+```
+
+### Replicate to remote InfluxDB
+
+Need influx cli
+
+```shell
+# register the remote server
+influx remote create \
+  --host http://127.0.0.1:8086 \
+  --token "$TOWERD_INFLUX_TOKEN" \
+  --name kitsune-remote \
+  --remote-url http://influx.kitsunehosting.net:8086 \
+  --remote-api-token <remote-write-token> \
+  --remote-org-id <remote-org-id>
+
+# list remotes to get the ID from the previous step
+influx remote list \
+  --host http://127.0.0.1:8086 \
+  --token "$TOWERD_INFLUX_TOKEN"
+
+# replicate the local bucket to the remote bucket
+influx replication create \
+  --host http://127.0.0.1:8086 \
+  --token "$TOWERD_INFLUX_TOKEN" \
+  --name tower-to-kitsune \
+  --remote-id <remote-id> \
+  --local-bucket-id <local-bucket-id> \
+  --remote-bucket <remote-bucket-name>
+```
+
+Find the local bucket ID:
+
+```shell
+influx bucket list \
+  --host http://127.0.0.1:8086 \
+  --token "$TOWERD_INFLUX_TOKEN"
+```
+
+Check replication queue health:
+
+```shell
+influx replication list \
+  --host http://127.0.0.1:8086 \
+  --token "$TOWERD_INFLUX_TOKEN"
+```
+
+## systemd
+
+`towerd` loads `/etc/towerd/env` via `EnvironmentFile`. If using Docker for InfluxDB, ensure Docker starts before towerd:
+
+```ini
+[Unit]
+After=docker.service
+Wants=docker.service
+```
+
+Add those lines to `/etc/systemd/system/towerd.service` under `[Unit]`.
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b0925b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+services:
+  influxdb:
+    image: influxdb:2.7
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:8086:8086"
+    volumes:
+      - influx-data:/var/lib/influxdb2
+    environment:
+      DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_MODE: setup
+      DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_USERNAME: admin
+      DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_PASSWORD: ${INFLUXDB_INIT_PASSWORD}
+      DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ORG: ${INFLUXDB_INIT_ORG:-tower}
+      DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_BUCKET: ${INFLUXDB_INIT_BUCKET:-tower}
+      DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ADMIN_TOKEN: ${INFLUXDB_INIT_ADMIN_TOKEN}
+
+volumes:
+  influx-data:
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 5a8e865..5c97411 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ impl InfluxConfig {
 
         Some(Self {
             url: std::env::var("TOWERD_INFLUX_URL")
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "http://influx.kitsunehosting.net:8086".into()),
+                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "http://127.0.0.1:8086".into()),
             org,
             bucket,
             token,
diff --git a/systemd/towerd.service b/systemd/towerd.service
index 276c68c..19ee70f 100644
--- a/systemd/towerd.service
+++ b/systemd/towerd.service
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Tower Daemon
-After=multi-user.target
+After=multi-user.target docker.service
+Wants=docker.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple