diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 0900e8c..c2835c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -21,11 +21,8 @@ jobs:
         go-version: ^1.15
       id: go
 
-    - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
+    - name: Check out code
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-    - name: Get dependencies
-      run: go get -v -t -d ./cmd/
-
     - name: Build
-      run: go build -o delete-dynamodb-items -v ./cmd/
+      run: make compile
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 66fd13c..7d90237 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 *.dll
 *.so
 *.dylib
+/delete-dynamodb-items
 
 # Test binary, built with `go test -c`
 *.test
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d389996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+compile:
+	go build -o delete-dynamodb-items -v ./cmd/
+
+runTestDynamoDB:
+	docker-compose -f dynamodb-docker-compose.yml up -d
+
+loadTestData:
+	./generate_mass_data.sh 500
diff --git a/dynamodb-docker-compose.yml b/dynamodb-docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efea325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dynamodb-docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+version: '3.8'
+services:
+
+  dynamodb:
+    image: amazon/dynamodb-local
+    container_name: dynamodb
+    ports:
+      - "8002:8000"
+    command: ["-jar", "DynamoDBLocal.jar", "-sharedDb", "-inMemory"]
+    networks:
+      - dynamodb-net
+
+  dynamodb-admin:
+    image: aaronshaf/dynamodb-admin
+    container_name: dynamodb-admin
+    ports:
+      - "8001:8001"
+    environment:
+      - DYNAMO_ENDPOINT=http://dynamodb:8000
+    networks:
+      - dynamodb-net
+    depends_on:
+      - dynamodb
+
+networks:
+  dynamodb-net:
+    name: dynamodb-net
diff --git a/generate_mass_data.sh b/generate_mass_data.sh
index 64b302b..591ce0b 100755
--- a/generate_mass_data.sh
+++ b/generate_mass_data.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ num_items="${1}"
 
 table_name="mass-data"
 
-aws dynamodb create-table --table-name "${table_name}" --attribute-definitions AttributeName=id,AttributeType=S --key-schema AttributeName=id,KeyType=HASH --billing-mode PAY_PER_REQUEST --endpoint-url http://127.0.0.1:8002
+aws dynamodb create-table --table-name "${table_name}" --attribute-definitions AttributeName=id,AttributeType=S --key-schema AttributeName=id,KeyType=HASH --billing-mode PAY_PER_REQUEST --endpoint-url http://127.0.0.1:8002 --no-cli-pager
 
 items_preamble="{\"${table_name}\": ["
 items_middle=""