diff --git a/deploy/docker-compose-xmidt-agent/README.md b/deploy/docker-compose-xmidt-agent/README.md
index d900ea3..2473b95 100644
--- a/deploy/docker-compose-xmidt-agent/README.md
+++ b/deploy/docker-compose-xmidt-agent/README.md
@@ -170,4 +170,4 @@ Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 06:45:04 GMT
 Content-Length: 163
 
 {"parameters":[{"name":"Device.DeviceInfo.X_CISCO_COM_BootloaderVersion","value":"4.2.0.45","dataType":0,"parameterCount":1,"message":"Success"}],"statusCode":200}
-```
+```
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diff --git a/deploy/docker-compose-xmidt-agent/docFiles/argus-db.json b/deploy/docker-compose-xmidt-agent/docFiles/argus-db.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6c1942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/docker-compose-xmidt-agent/docFiles/argus-db.json
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{
+    "AttributeDefinitions": [
+      {
+        "AttributeName": "bucket",
+        "AttributeType": "S"
+      },
+      {
+        "AttributeName": "id",
+        "AttributeType": "S"
+      },
+      {
+        "AttributeName": "expires",
+        "AttributeType": "N"
+      }
+    ],
+    "TableName": "gifnoc",
+    "KeySchema": [
+      {
+        "AttributeName": "bucket",
+        "KeyType": "HASH"
+      },
+      {
+        "AttributeName": "id",
+        "KeyType": "RANGE"
+      }
+    ],
+    "GlobalSecondaryIndexes": [
+      {
+        "IndexName": "Expires-index",
+        "KeySchema": [
+          {
+            "AttributeName": "bucket",
+            "KeyType": "HASH"
+          },
+          {
+            "AttributeName": "expires",
+            "KeyType": "RANGE"
+          }
+        ],
+        "Projection": {
+          "ProjectionType": "ALL"
+        },
+        "ProvisionedThroughput": {
+          "ReadCapacityUnits": 5,
+          "WriteCapacityUnits": 5
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    "BillingMode": "PAY_PER_REQUEST",
+    "TableClass": "STANDARD"
+  }
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diff --git a/deploy/docker-compose-xmidt-agent/docker-compose.yml b/deploy/docker-compose-xmidt-agent/docker-compose.yml
index 0e5e640..8757ba4 100644
--- a/deploy/docker-compose-xmidt-agent/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deploy/docker-compose-xmidt-agent/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ services:
     depends_on: 
       - dynamodb
     environment: 
+      - "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=accessKey"
+      - "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=secretKey"
+      - "AWS_REGION=local"
       - "AWS_ENDPOINT=http://dynamodb:4566"
       - "TRACING_PROVIDER_NAME=zipkin"
       - "TRACING_PROVIDER_ENDPOINT=http://zipkin:9411/api/v2/spans"
@@ -214,15 +217,9 @@ services:
       AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: accessKey
       AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: secretKey
       AWS_REGION: local
-    command: "dynamodb  --endpoint-url http://dynamodb:4566 create-table \
-       --table-name gifnoc \
-       --attribute-definitions \
-          AttributeName=bucket,AttributeType=S \
-          AttributeName=expires,AttributeType=N \
-          AttributeName=id,AttributeType=S \
-       --key-schema \
-          AttributeName=bucket,KeyType=HASH \
-          AttributeName=id,KeyType=RANGE"   
+    command: "dynamodb  --endpoint-url http://dynamodb:4566 create-table --cli-input-json file:///etc/argus-db.json"
+    volumes: 
+      - "./docFiles/argus-db.json:/etc/argus-db.json"
   zipkin: 
     image: openzipkin/zipkin
     networks: