diff --git a/applications/sharepoint_renamer/handler.py b/applications/sharepoint_renamer/handler.py
index 67e64cf7..d6094ca3 100644
--- a/applications/sharepoint_renamer/handler.py
+++ b/applications/sharepoint_renamer/handler.py
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ def handler(event: dict[str, Any], context: Any) -> None:
     sp_client = DomnaSharepointClient(DomnaSites.SOCIAL_HOUSING_WAVE_3)
     orchestrator = SharepointRenamerOrchestrator(sp_client, CSV_PATH, dry_run=request.dry_run)
     orchestrator.run()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    handler({"dry_run": True}, None)
diff --git a/applications/sharepoint_renamer/handler/requirements.txt b/applications/sharepoint_renamer/handler/requirements.txt
index 94317b81..6b7cf3ba 100644
--- a/applications/sharepoint_renamer/handler/requirements.txt
+++ b/applications/sharepoint_renamer/handler/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 msal
 requests
+pydantic-settings==2.6.0
diff --git a/applications/sharepoint_renamer/local_handler/docker-compose.yml b/applications/sharepoint_renamer/local_handler/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c448307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/sharepoint_renamer/local_handler/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+services:
+  sharepoint-renamer:
+    build:
+      context: ../../../
+      dockerfile: applications/sharepoint_renamer/handler/Dockerfile
+    ports:
+      - "9003:8080"
+    env_file:
+      - ../../../.env
diff --git a/applications/sharepoint_renamer/local_handler/invoke_local_lambda.py b/applications/sharepoint_renamer/local_handler/invoke_local_lambda.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..073808eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/sharepoint_renamer/local_handler/invoke_local_lambda.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import requests
+
+HOST = "localhost"
+PORT = "9003"
+
+LAMBDA_URL = f"http://{HOST}:{PORT}/2015-03-31/functions/function/invocations"
+
+payload = {"dry_run": True}
+
+response = requests.post(LAMBDA_URL, json=payload)
+
+print("Status code:", response.status_code)
+print("Response:")
+print(response.text)