diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+.env
diff --git a/services/thelounge/add-user.sh b/services/thelounge/add-user.sh
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+++ b/services/thelounge/add-user.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+docker exec --user node -it thelounge thelounge add unclesamulus
diff --git a/services/thelounge/docker-compose.yml b/services/thelounge/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3'
+services:
+  thelounge:
+    image: thelounge/thelounge:latest
+    container_name: thelounge
+    ports:
+      - "9000:9000"
+    restart: always
+    volumes:
+      - ~/.thelounge:/var/opt/thelounge # bind lounge config from the host's file system
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diff --git a/services/thelounge/nginx.conf b/services/thelounge/nginx.conf
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+# nginx reverse proxy for nextthelounge
+
+server {
+    server_name thelounge.s1gm4.eu;
+    listen 80;
+    listen [::]:80;
+    
+    # Redirect to https
+    location / {
+        redirect 302 https://$server_name$request_uri;
+    }
+
+	# For dehydrated ssl certification
+	location /.well-known/acme-challenge {
+    		alias /var/www/dehydrated/acme-challenges;
+  	}
+}
+
+server {
+	# SSL configuration
+	#
+	listen 443 ssl;
+	listen [::]:443 ssl;
+	#
+
+	ssl_certificate /var/www/dehydrated/certs/thelounge.s1gm4.eu/fullchain.pem;
+	ssl_certificate_key /var/www/dehydrated/certs/thelounge.s1gm4.eu/privkey.pem;
+
+	# Add index.php to the list if you are using PHP
+	index index.html index.htm index.php;
+
+	server_name thelounge.s1gm4.eu;
+
+	# deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
+	# concurs with nginx's one
+	#
+	location ~ /\.ht {
+		deny all;
+	}
+	# For dehydrated ssl certification
+	location /.well-known/acme-challenge {
+    		alias /var/www/dehydrated/acme-challenges;
+  	}
+
+	location / {
+		proxy_pass http://localhost:9000/;
+		proxy_http_version 1.1;
+		proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+		proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+		proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
+		proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+
+		# by default nginx times out connections in one minute
+		proxy_read_timeout 1d;
+	}
+
+}
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