diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1146cd92a441b7f588a3f87a5e92021b33c5dc35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#barebones makefile
+
+clean: cleanmovieservice cleanstservice cleannetwork
+
+all: movieservice stservice network
+
+movieservice: buildmovieservice runmovieservice
+
+buildmovieservice:
+	docker build -t movies-img -f movieservice/Dockerfile .
+
+runmovieservice:
+	docker run --name movieservice -p 5001:5001 -itd movies-img
+
+cleanmovieservice:
+	-docker stop movieservice
+	-docker rm movieservice
+	-docker rmi movies-img
+
+
+stservice: buildstservice runstservice
+
+buildstservice:
+	docker build -t stservice-img -f stservice/Dockerfile .
+
+runstservice:
+	docker run --name stservice -p 5002:5002 -itd stservice-img
+
+cleanstservice: cleannetwork
+	-docker stop stservice
+	-docker rm stservice
+	-docker rmi stservice-img
+
+network:
+	docker network create microservices-net
+	docker network connect microservices-net stservice
+	docker network connect microservices-net movieservice
+
+cleannetwork:
+	-docker network disconnect microservices-net stservice
+	-docker network disconnect microservices-net movieservice
+	-docker network rm microservices-net
diff --git a/showtimes.py b/showtimes.py
index 559f85c7d88515d6e133d30e1e771e99cb406fdb..bfdad724fab06016757db7d1505a274733e407a5 100644
--- a/showtimes.py
+++ b/showtimes.py
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ import json
 import requests
 import os
 
-
 app = Flask(__name__)
-movies_service = "http://127.0.0.1:5001/movies/{}"
+movies_service = "http://movieservice:5001/movies/{}"
 showtimes_db = f"{os.getcwd()}/database/showtimes.json"
 
 with open(showtimes_db, "r") as f: