diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index d1b4eea670e82965f443414f7e2b46f39ce3ab2e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-FROM php:7.2.2-apache
-RUN docker-php-ext-install mysqli && docker-php-ext-enable mysqli
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diff --git a/ReadMe.txt b/ReadMe.txt
index eee18236c4e9081fda2bf54009b44c81c61646e7..f3e4163ebd622507c6aeacefac1693ef06677ed2 100644
--- a/ReadMe.txt
+++ b/ReadMe.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ docker ps -> check running containers
 docker ps -a -> check all containers
 
 Go into the main folder of this project
-Execute - docker-compose up -d --build (This calls the docker-compose.yaml file and starts the containers.
-The build option is for the Dockerfile - it enables the mysqli extension for the database);
+docker-compose down -v (stops the running containers and effectively deletes the database volumes)
+docker-compose build --no-cache (builds fresh images)
+docker-compose up -d (executes the docker-compose.yaml file)
 
 To check if the containers are running - docker ps
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ Visit -> http://localhost:8000
 To stop the containers - docker-compose down
 
 For user service database:
-mysql -u root -padvancedroot -h127.0.0.1 -P9906 -> root user
+mysql -u root -puserRoot -h127.0.0.1 -P9906 -> root user
 mysql -u service_user -pservice_user -h127.0.0.1 -P9906 -> service_user
 
 For recipe service database:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index a578e8b4432ab2c8b4abbf305abff79d520a8e34..12fe0301f498c2471a7987e2ef6807f5c36dfcf7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@ version: '3'
 
 services:
   userdb:
+    build: ./sql
     image: mysql:8.0
     container_name: user_db
     volumes:
-        - dbdata:/var/lib/mysql
+         - dbdata:/var/lib/mysql
     command: --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
     restart: always
     environment:
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: advancedroot
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: userRoot
       MYSQL_DATABASE: userdb
       MYSQL_USER: service_user
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: service_user
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ services:
     expose:
       - "9906"  
   web:
-    build: .
+    build: ./php
     image: php:7.2.2-apache
     container_name: php_web
     depends_on:
@@ -30,23 +31,5 @@ services:
     stdin_open: true
     tty: true
 
-  recipedb:
-    image: mysql:8.0
-    container_name: recipe_db
-    volumes:
-        - recipedata:/var/lib/mysql
-    command: --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
-    restart: always
-    environment:
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: reciperoot
-      MYSQL_DATABASE: recipedb
-      MYSQL_USER: recipe_user
-      MYSQL_PASSWORD: recipe_user
-    ports:
-      - "9907:3306"
-    expose:
-      - "9907"  
-
 volumes:
-  dbdata:
-  recipedata:
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+  dbdata:
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diff --git a/php/Dockerfile b/php/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..65d0b659a7887502ef21eb62e7e6541a69d1d630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/php/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+FROM php:7.2.2-apache
+RUN docker-php-ext-install mysqli
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diff --git a/sql/Dockerfile b/sql/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..46b06282ba0655a59601f4e25c3319cf0186be26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FROM mysql:8.0
+
+ENV MYSQL_DATABASE=userdb \
+    MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=userRoot
+
+COPY ./create_user.sql /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
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diff --git a/sql/create_user.sql b/sql/create_user.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f54f7d36a7e4a538a2d8ab68bca34d366efa6dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/create_user.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use userdb;
+go
+
+create table user (
+    ID int(11) unique not null auto_increment,
+    username varchar(50) unique not null,
+    forename varchar(50) not null,
+    surname varchar(50) not null,
+    password varchar(60) not null,
+    email varchar(50) not null,
+    created_at datetime default current_timestamp,
+    primary key (ID)
+);
+go
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