diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d45c1da..18dd85a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ services:
       - "5432:5432"
     volumes:
       - db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - ./pg_hba.conf:/var/lib/postgresql/data/pg_hba.conf # Mount the custom pg_hba.conf
+    command: ["postgres", "-c", "config_file=/var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql.conf"] # PostgreSQL uses custom configuration
 
 volumes:
   db_data:
diff --git a/pg_hba.conf b/pg_hba.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a23f7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pg_hba.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Allow all connections from the Docker network subnet
+host all all 0.0.0.0/0 scram-sha-256