diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 33353102..bef7f1c2 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
-    rev: 5.10.1
+    rev: 5.12.0
     hooks:
       - id: isort
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bf007a35..255f27e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+
+- Examples folder with example docker setup for running sfes from pip [#147](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-elasticsearch/pull/147)
+
 ### Changed
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd87b112..a38ce14a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# STAC FastAPI Elasticsearch
+# STAC FastAPI Elasticsearch (sfes)
 
 ## Elasticsearch backend for stac-fastapi
    
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 #### Check out the public Postman documentation [Postman](https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/12888943/2s8ZDSdRHA)
 
+#### Check out the examples folder for deployment options, ex. running sfes from pip in docker
+
 #### For changes, see the [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md)
 
 
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56dede98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# stac-fastapi-elasticsearch (sfes) deployment examples
+
+## Deploy sfes from pip in docker
+
+```shell
+cd pip_docker
+docker-compose up
+```
diff --git a/examples/pip_docker/Dockerfile b/examples/pip_docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..609ada8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pip_docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM python:3.10-slim
+
+
+# update apt pkgs, and install build-essential for ciso8601
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get -y upgrade && \
+    apt-get install -y build-essential && \
+    apt-get clean && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# update certs used by Requests
+ENV CURL_CA_BUNDLE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY . /app
+
+RUN pip install stac-fastapi.elasticsearch==0.3.0
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diff --git a/examples/pip_docker/docker-compose.yml b/examples/pip_docker/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c2d289e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pip_docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  app-elasticsearch:
+    container_name: stac-fastapi-es
+    image: stac-utils/stac-fastapi-es
+    restart: always
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    platform: linux/amd64
+    environment:
+      - APP_HOST=0.0.0.0
+      - APP_PORT=8080
+      - RELOAD=true
+      - ENVIRONMENT=local
+      - WEB_CONCURRENCY=10
+      - ES_HOST=172.17.0.1
+      - ES_PORT=9200
+      - ES_USE_SSL=false
+      - ES_VERIFY_CERTS=false
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    volumes:
+      - ./stac_fastapi:/app/stac_fastapi
+      - ./scripts:/app/scripts
+    depends_on:
+      - elasticsearch
+    command:
+      bash -c "./scripts/wait-for-it-es.sh es-container:9200 && python -m stac_fastapi.elasticsearch.app"
+
+  elasticsearch:
+    container_name: es-container
+    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION:-8.1.3}
+    environment:
+      ES_JAVA_OPTS: -Xms512m -Xmx1g
+    volumes:
+      - ./elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml
+      - ./elasticsearch/snapshots:/usr/share/elasticsearch/snapshots
+    ports:
+      - "9200:9200"
+
+networks:
+  default:
+    name: stac-fastapi-network
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diff --git a/examples/pip_docker/elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml b/examples/pip_docker/elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0bf5b680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pip_docker/elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+## Cluster Settings
+cluster.name: stac-cluster
+node.name: es01
+network.host: 0.0.0.0
+transport.host: 0.0.0.0
+discovery.type: single-node
+http.port: 9200
+
+path:
+  repo:
+    - /usr/share/elasticsearch/snapshots
+
+## License
+xpack.license.self_generated.type: basic
+
+# Security
+xpack.security.enabled: false
+xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: false
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diff --git a/examples/pip_docker/scripts/wait-for-it-es.sh b/examples/pip_docker/scripts/wait-for-it-es.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c622ce22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pip_docker/scripts/wait-for-it-es.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Use this script to test if a given TCP host/port are available
+
+######################################################
+# Copied from https://github.com/vishnubob/wait-for-it
+######################################################
+
+WAITFORIT_cmdname=${0##*/}
+
+echoerr() { if [[ $WAITFORIT_QUIET -ne 1 ]]; then echo "$@" 1>&2; fi }
+
+usage()
+{
+    cat << USAGE >&2
+Usage:
+    $WAITFORIT_cmdname host:port [-s] [-t timeout] [-- command args]
+    -h HOST | --host=HOST       Host or IP under test
+    -p PORT | --port=PORT       TCP port under test
+                                Alternatively, you specify the host and port as host:port
+    -s | --strict               Only execute subcommand if the test succeeds
+    -q | --quiet                Don't output any status messages
+    -t TIMEOUT | --timeout=TIMEOUT
+                                Timeout in seconds, zero for no timeout
+    -- COMMAND ARGS             Execute command with args after the test finishes
+USAGE
+    exit 1
+}
+
+wait_for()
+{
+    if [[ $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT -gt 0 ]]; then
+        echoerr "$WAITFORIT_cmdname: waiting $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT seconds for $WAITFORIT_HOST:$WAITFORIT_PORT"
+    else
+        echoerr "$WAITFORIT_cmdname: waiting for $WAITFORIT_HOST:$WAITFORIT_PORT without a timeout"
+    fi
+    WAITFORIT_start_ts=$(date +%s)
+    while :
+    do
+        if [[ $WAITFORIT_ISBUSY -eq 1 ]]; then
+            nc -z $WAITFORIT_HOST $WAITFORIT_PORT
+            WAITFORIT_result=$?
+        else
+            (echo -n > /dev/tcp/$WAITFORIT_HOST/$WAITFORIT_PORT) >/dev/null 2>&1
+            WAITFORIT_result=$?
+        fi
+        if [[ $WAITFORIT_result -eq 0 ]]; then
+            WAITFORIT_end_ts=$(date +%s)
+            echoerr "$WAITFORIT_cmdname: $WAITFORIT_HOST:$WAITFORIT_PORT is available after $((WAITFORIT_end_ts - WAITFORIT_start_ts)) seconds"
+            break
+        fi
+        sleep 1
+    done
+    return $WAITFORIT_result
+}
+
+wait_for_wrapper()
+{
+    # In order to support SIGINT during timeout: http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/57692
+    if [[ $WAITFORIT_QUIET -eq 1 ]]; then
+        timeout $WAITFORIT_BUSYTIMEFLAG $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT $0 --quiet --child --host=$WAITFORIT_HOST --port=$WAITFORIT_PORT --timeout=$WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT &
+    else
+        timeout $WAITFORIT_BUSYTIMEFLAG $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT $0 --child --host=$WAITFORIT_HOST --port=$WAITFORIT_PORT --timeout=$WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT &
+    fi
+    WAITFORIT_PID=$!
+    trap "kill -INT -$WAITFORIT_PID" INT
+    wait $WAITFORIT_PID
+    WAITFORIT_RESULT=$?
+    if [[ $WAITFORIT_RESULT -ne 0 ]]; then
+        echoerr "$WAITFORIT_cmdname: timeout occurred after waiting $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT seconds for $WAITFORIT_HOST:$WAITFORIT_PORT"
+    fi
+    return $WAITFORIT_RESULT
+}
+
+# process arguments
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]
+do
+    case "$1" in
+        *:* )
+        WAITFORIT_hostport=(${1//:/ })
+        WAITFORIT_HOST=${WAITFORIT_hostport[0]}
+        WAITFORIT_PORT=${WAITFORIT_hostport[1]}
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        --child)
+        WAITFORIT_CHILD=1
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -q | --quiet)
+        WAITFORIT_QUIET=1
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -s | --strict)
+        WAITFORIT_STRICT=1
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -h)
+        WAITFORIT_HOST="$2"
+        if [[ $WAITFORIT_HOST == "" ]]; then break; fi
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+        --host=*)
+        WAITFORIT_HOST="${1#*=}"
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -p)
+        WAITFORIT_PORT="$2"
+        if [[ $WAITFORIT_PORT == "" ]]; then break; fi
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+        --port=*)
+        WAITFORIT_PORT="${1#*=}"
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        -t)
+        WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT="$2"
+        if [[ $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT == "" ]]; then break; fi
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+        --timeout=*)
+        WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT="${1#*=}"
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+        --)
+        shift
+        WAITFORIT_CLI=("$@")
+        break
+        ;;
+        --help)
+        usage
+        ;;
+        *)
+        echoerr "Unknown argument: $1"
+        usage
+        ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [[ "$WAITFORIT_HOST" == "" || "$WAITFORIT_PORT" == "" ]]; then
+    echoerr "Error: you need to provide a host and port to test."
+    usage
+fi
+
+WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT=${WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT:-45}
+WAITFORIT_STRICT=${WAITFORIT_STRICT:-0}
+WAITFORIT_CHILD=${WAITFORIT_CHILD:-0}
+WAITFORIT_QUIET=${WAITFORIT_QUIET:-0}
+
+# Check to see if timeout is from busybox?
+WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT_PATH=$(type -p timeout)
+WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT_PATH=$(realpath $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT_PATH 2>/dev/null || readlink -f $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT_PATH)
+
+WAITFORIT_BUSYTIMEFLAG=""
+if [[ $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT_PATH =~ "busybox" ]]; then
+    WAITFORIT_ISBUSY=1
+    # Check if busybox timeout uses -t flag
+    # (recent Alpine versions don't support -t anymore)
+    if timeout &>/dev/stdout | grep -q -e '-t '; then
+        WAITFORIT_BUSYTIMEFLAG="-t"
+    fi
+else
+    WAITFORIT_ISBUSY=0
+fi
+
+if [[ $WAITFORIT_CHILD -gt 0 ]]; then
+    wait_for
+    WAITFORIT_RESULT=$?
+    exit $WAITFORIT_RESULT
+else
+    if [[ $WAITFORIT_TIMEOUT -gt 0 ]]; then
+        wait_for_wrapper
+        WAITFORIT_RESULT=$?
+    else
+        wait_for
+        WAITFORIT_RESULT=$?
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [[ $WAITFORIT_CLI != "" ]]; then
+    if [[ $WAITFORIT_RESULT -ne 0 && $WAITFORIT_STRICT -eq 1 ]]; then
+        echoerr "$WAITFORIT_cmdname: strict mode, refusing to execute subprocess"
+        exit $WAITFORIT_RESULT
+    fi
+    exec "${WAITFORIT_CLI[@]}"
+else
+    exit $WAITFORIT_RESULT
+fi
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