diff --git a/apps/cic-cache/cic_cache/tasks/__init__.py b/apps/cic-cache/cic_cache/tasks/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/apps/cic-cache/setup.cfg b/apps/cic-cache/setup.cfg
index 3831269..07ceec1 100644
--- a/apps/cic-cache/setup.cfg
+++ b/apps/cic-cache/setup.cfg
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ licence_files =
 python_requires = >= 3.6
 packages = 
 	cic_cache
+	cic_cache.tasks
 	cic_cache.db
 	cic_cache.db.models
 	cic_cache.runnable
@@ -33,5 +34,6 @@ scripts =
 
 [options.entry_points]
 console_scripts =
-	cic-cache-tracker = cic_cache.runnable.tracker:main
-	cic-cache-server = cic_cache.runnable.server:main
+	cic-cache-trackerd = cic_cache.runnable.tracker:main
+	cic-cache-serverd = cic_cache.runnable.server:main
+	cic-cache-taskerd = cic_cache.runnable.tasker:main
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ad78f0b..8953d64 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -163,7 +163,43 @@ services:
       - -c
       - |
         if [[ -f /tmp/cic/config/.env ]]; then source /tmp/cic/config/.env; fi 
-        /usr/local/bin/cic-cache-tracker -vv
+        /usr/local/bin/cic-cache-trackerd -vv
+    volumes:
+      - contract-config:/tmp/cic/config/:ro
+
+  cic-cache-tasker:
+    build:
+      context: apps
+      dockerfile: cic-cache/docker/Dockerfile
+    environment:
+      CIC_REGISTRY_ADDRESS: $CIC_REGISTRY_ADDRESS # supplied at contract-config after contract provisioning
+      ETH_PROVIDER: ${ETH_PROVIDER:-http://eth:8545}
+      DATABASE_USER: ${DATABASE_USER:-grassroots}
+      DATABASE_PASSWORD: ${DATABASE_PASSWORD:-tralala} # this is is set at initdb see: postgres/initdb/create_db.sql
+      DATABASE_HOST: ${DATABASE_HOST:-postgres}
+      DATABASE_PORT: ${DATABASE_PORT:-5432}
+      DATABASE_NAME: ${DATABASE_NAME_CIC_CACHE:-cic_cache}
+      DATABASE_ENGINE: ${DATABASE_ENGINE:-postgres}
+      DATABASE_DRIVER: ${DATABASE_DRIVER:-psycopg2}
+      DATABASE_DEBUG: 1
+      ETH_ABI_DIR: ${ETH_ABI_DIR:-/usr/local/share/cic/solidity/abi}
+      CIC_TRUST_ADDRESS: ${DEV_ETH_ACCOUNT_CONTRACT_DEPLOYER:-0xEb3907eCad74a0013c259D5874AE7f22DcBcC95C}
+      CIC_CHAIN_SPEC: ${CIC_CHAIN_SPEC:-evm:bloxberg:8996}
+      CELERY_BROKER_URL: redis://redis:6379
+      CELERY_RESULT_URL: redis://redis:6379
+    deploy: 
+      restart_policy:
+        condition: on-failure
+    depends_on:
+      - redis
+      - postgres
+      - eth
+    command:
+      - /bin/bash
+      - -c
+      - |
+        if [[ -f /tmp/cic/config/.env ]]; then source /tmp/cic/config/.env; fi 
+        /usr/local/bin/cic-cache-taskerd -vv
     volumes:
       - contract-config:/tmp/cic/config/:ro
 
@@ -193,7 +229,7 @@ services:
       - |
         if [[ -f /tmp/cic/config/.env ]]; then source /tmp/cic/config/.env; fi 
         "/usr/local/bin/uwsgi" \
-        --wsgi-file /usr/src/cic-cache/cic_cache/runnable/server.py \
+        --wsgi-file /usr/src/cic-cache/cic_cache/runnable/serverd.py \
         --http :8000 \
         --pyargv -vv