diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d07a9f..109ad12 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -145,6 +145,16 @@ docker-compose up
 
 The application will be available at http://localhost:5001.
 
+### Daily restarts (optional)
+
+Docker Compose does not support time-based restarts. To force a daily restart:
+
+- Cron (Linux):
+  - Example: restart at 3:15 AM daily
+  - `15 3 * * * cd /Users/computerpro/dev/ploughshares && /usr/local/bin/docker-compose down && /usr/local/bin/docker-compose up -d`
+
+- launchd (macOS): create `~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.ploughshares.dailyrestart.plist` with a StartCalendarInterval and run a script that executes `docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml down && docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d` in the repo directory.
+
 ### Crawler - Google Alerts
 
 To run the Google Alerts crawler locally (requires GOOGLE_API_KEY):
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 8add1bc..bfdc96e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./docker/ploughshares:/app
       - ./docker/ploughshares/uploads:/app/uploads
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
   db:
     image: postgres:12
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ services:
       interval: 5s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
   crawler_google_alerts:
     build:
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ services:
     command: python main.py
     volumes:
       - ./docker/crawler-google-alerts:/app
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
 volumes:
   postgres_dev_data:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 703abb7..65a42e6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ services:
         condition: service_healthy
     volumes:
       - ./docker/ploughshares/uploads:/app/uploads
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
   db:
     image: postgres:12
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ services:
       interval: 5s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
   crawler_google_alerts:
     build:
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ services:
       db:
         condition: service_started
     command: python main.py
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
 volumes:
   postgres_data: