diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0087b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Docker project generated files to ignore
+#  if you want to ignore files created by your editor/tools,
+#  please consider a global .gitignore https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files
+.vagrant*
+bin
+docker/docker
+.*.swp
+a.out
+*.orig
+build_src
+.flymake*
+.idea
+.DS_Store
+docs/_build
+docs/_static
+docs/_templates
+.gopath/
+.dotcloud
+*.test
+bundles/
+.hg/
+.git/
+vendor/pkg/
+pyenv
+Vagrantfile
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c34163a..33286c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This project demonstrates how to set up monitoring for a Spring Boot application
 2. Start the containers using Docker Compose:
 
 ```bash
-docker-compose up -d
+docker compose up --build -d
 ```
 
 3. Access Grafana at http://localhost:3000.
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ curl http://localhost:8080/data
 - Mateo Bartellini Huapalla
 - Ezequiel Bellver
 - Santiago Lo Coco
-- Juan Manuel Negro
\ No newline at end of file
+- Juan Manuel Negro
+