diff --git a/backend/docker-compose-local-lambdas.yml b/backend/docker-compose-local-lambdas.yml
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+version: "3.9"
+
+services:
+  lambda:
+    build:
+      context: ../
+      dockerfile: backend/categorisation/handler/Dockerfile
+    ports:
+      - "9000:8080"
+    env_file:
+      - ../.env
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