diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index cca8565..1c5f828 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## Unreleased
+- Resolve hostname #111 @mosuka 
+
 ## 0.8.3 (2020-11-07)
 - Bump up version to 0.8.3 #110 @mosuka
 - Update dependencies #109 @mosuka
diff --git a/bayard-rest/src/main.rs b/bayard-rest/src/main.rs
index 04054d0..6161000 100644
--- a/bayard-rest/src/main.rs
+++ b/bayard-rest/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate clap;
 
+use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
+
 use clap::{App, AppSettings, Arg};
 use crossbeam_channel::select;
 use log::*;
@@ -143,19 +145,32 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
         key_file = _key_file;
     }
 
-    let rest_address = format!("{}:{}", host, port);
+    let rest_address = format!("{}:{}", host, port)
+        .to_socket_addrs()
+        .unwrap()
+        .next()
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_string();
+    let index_address = index_address
+        .to_socket_addrs()
+        .unwrap()
+        .next()
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_string();
 
     let enable_cors =
         !cors_origin.is_empty() && !cors_methods.is_empty() && !cors_headers.is_empty();
     let enable_tls = !cert_file.is_empty() && !key_file.is_empty();
 
     let mut rest_server = match (enable_tls, enable_cors) {
-        (false, false) => {
-            RestServer::new(rest_address.as_str(), index_address, http_worker_threads)
-        }
+        (false, false) => RestServer::new(
+            rest_address.as_str(),
+            index_address.as_str(),
+            http_worker_threads,
+        ),
         (false, true) => RestServer::new_cors(
             rest_address.as_str(),
-            index_address,
+            index_address.as_str(),
             http_worker_threads,
             cors_origin,
             cors_methods,
@@ -163,14 +178,14 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
         ),
         (true, false) => RestServer::new_tls(
             rest_address.as_str(),
-            index_address,
+            index_address.as_str(),
             http_worker_threads,
             cert_file,
             key_file,
         ),
         (true, true) => RestServer::new_cors_tls(
             rest_address.as_str(),
-            index_address,
+            index_address.as_str(),
             http_worker_threads,
             cors_origin,
             cors_methods,
diff --git a/bayard/src/main.rs b/bayard/src/main.rs
index 19b3114..e6f5dda 100644
--- a/bayard/src/main.rs
+++ b/bayard/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ extern crate clap;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::io;
-use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
 
     let id = matches.value_of("ID").unwrap().parse::<u64>().unwrap();
     let host = matches.value_of("HOST").unwrap();
+
     let raft_port = matches
         .value_of("RAFT_PORT")
         .unwrap()
@@ -153,9 +154,14 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
         .unwrap()
         .parse::<u16>()
         .unwrap();
-    let mut peer_address = "";
+    let mut peer_address = "".to_string();
     if let Some(_peer_address) = matches.value_of("PEER_RAFT_ADDRESS") {
-        peer_address = _peer_address;
+        peer_address = _peer_address
+            .to_socket_addrs()
+            .unwrap()
+            .next()
+            .unwrap()
+            .to_string();
     }
     let data_directory = matches.value_of("DATA_DIRECTORY").unwrap();
     let schema_file = matches.value_of("SCHEMA_FILE").unwrap();
@@ -171,8 +177,18 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
         .parse::<usize>()
         .unwrap();
 
-    let raft_address = format!("{}:{}", host, raft_port);
-    let index_address = format!("{}:{}", host, index_port);
+    let raft_address = format!("{}:{}", host, raft_port)
+        .to_socket_addrs()
+        .unwrap()
+        .next()
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_string();
+    let index_address = format!("{}:{}", host, index_port)
+        .to_socket_addrs()
+        .unwrap()
+        .next()
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_string();
 
     let node_address = NodeAddress {
         index_address,
@@ -182,8 +198,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
     let mut addresses = HashMap::new();
 
     // change config
-    if peer_address != "" {
-        let mut client = RaftClient::new(peer_address);
+    if !peer_address.is_empty() {
+        let mut client = RaftClient::new(&peer_address);
         match client.join(id, node_address.clone()) {
             Ok(_addresses) => addresses = _addresses,
             Err(e) => return Err(Box::try_from(e).unwrap()),
@@ -238,7 +254,11 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
     }
 
     // metrics service
-    let metrics_address: SocketAddr = format!("{}:{}", host, metrics_port).parse().unwrap();
+    let metrics_address = format!("{}:{}", host, metrics_port)
+        .to_socket_addrs()
+        .unwrap()
+        .next()
+        .unwrap();
     let metrics_service = make_service_fn(|_| async { Ok::<_, io::Error>(service_fn(handle)) });
     let metrics_server = Server::bind(&metrics_address).serve(metrics_service);
     let metrics_server_graceful = metrics_server.with_graceful_shutdown(shutdown_signal());
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76eed1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  bayard:
+    container_name: bayard
+    image: bayardsearch/bayard:latest
+    entrypoint: bayard
+    command:
+      - '--host=bayard'
+      - '--raft-port=7000'
+      - '--index-port=5000'
+      - '--metrics-port=9000'
+      - '--data-directory=/tmp/bayard'
+      - '--schema-file=/etc/bayard/schema.json'
+      - '--tokenizer-file=/etc/bayard/tokenizer.json'
+      - '1'
+    ports:
+      - "5000:5000"
+      - "7000:7000"
+      - "9000:9000"
+
+  bayard-rest:
+    container_name: bayard-rest
+    image: bayardsearch/bayard-rest:latest
+    entrypoint: bayard-rest
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    command:
+      - '--index-address=bayard:5000'
+    depends_on:
+      - bayard