diff --git a/.idea/dataSources.xml b/.idea/dataSources.xml
index e8179e0..bb0d3b5 100644
--- a/.idea/dataSources.xml
+++ b/.idea/dataSources.xml
@@ -1,26 +1,18 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="DataSourceManagerImpl" format="xml" multifile-model="true">
-    <data-source source="LOCAL" name="db" uuid="904bc1a3-fb79-45ed-8dc5-c5b4fd37bc54">
-      <driver-ref>sqlite.xerial</driver-ref>
+    <data-source source="LOCAL" name="heroku_db" uuid="ed4cce11-79ad-4ad7-883b-6f44662d55ba">
+      <driver-ref>postgresql</driver-ref>
       <synchronize>true</synchronize>
-      <jdbc-driver>org.sqlite.JDBC</jdbc-driver>
-      <jdbc-url>jdbc:sqlite:$PROJECT_DIR$/db.sqlite3</jdbc-url>
+      <jdbc-driver>org.postgresql.Driver</jdbc-driver>
+      <jdbc-url>jdbc:postgresql://c5hilnj7pn10vb.cluster-czrs8kj4isg7.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com:5432/da5qsrq0ik3lgm</jdbc-url>
       <working-dir>$ProjectFileDir$</working-dir>
-      <libraries>
-        <library>
-          <url>file://$APPLICATION_CONFIG_DIR$/jdbc-drivers/Xerial SQLiteJDBC/3.43.0/org/xerial/sqlite-jdbc/3.43.0.0/sqlite-jdbc-3.43.0.0.jar</url>
-        </library>
-        <library>
-          <url>file://$APPLICATION_CONFIG_DIR$/jdbc-drivers/Xerial SQLiteJDBC/3.43.0/org/xerial/sqlite-jdbc/3.43.0.0/sqlite-jdbc-3.43.0.0.jar</url>
-        </library>
-      </libraries>
     </data-source>
-    <data-source source="LOCAL" name="heroku_db" uuid="ed4cce11-79ad-4ad7-883b-6f44662d55ba">
+    <data-source source="LOCAL" name="postgres@localhost" uuid="1f1b28c7-4839-4833-8156-c09dec60cca4">
       <driver-ref>postgresql</driver-ref>
       <synchronize>true</synchronize>
       <jdbc-driver>org.postgresql.Driver</jdbc-driver>
-      <jdbc-url>jdbc:postgresql://c5hilnj7pn10vb.cluster-czrs8kj4isg7.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com:5432/da5qsrq0ik3lgm</jdbc-url>
+      <jdbc-url>jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/postgres</jdbc-url>
       <working-dir>$ProjectFileDir$</working-dir>
     </data-source>
   </component>
diff --git a/api/migrations/0009_food_initial_description.py b/api/migrations/0009_food_initial_description.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2caf04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/migrations/0009_food_initial_description.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.3 on 2024-05-29 20:24
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('api', '0008_meal_most_recent_follow_up'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='food',
+            name='initial_description',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/api/models.py b/api/models.py
index 0f8e892..40edc58 100644
--- a/api/models.py
+++ b/api/models.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Food(models.Model):
     """
     id = models.UUIDField(primary_key=True, default=uuid.uuid4, editable=False)
     name = models.CharField(max_length=255, default="")
+    initial_description = models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)
     # the system with nutritional info is on a *range* of values, so we need to store the min and max values
     # all values are in grams
     calories_min = models.FloatField(default=0)
diff --git a/api/views.py b/api/views.py
index 79fdcc6..d71235f 100644
--- a/api/views.py
+++ b/api/views.py
@@ -126,9 +126,12 @@ def post(self, request):
         food_serializer = FoodSerializer(data=response)
         if food_serializer.is_valid():
             food = food_serializer.save()
+            food.initial_description = description
+            food.save()
         else:
             raise ErrorMessage("Error saving food data to database")
 
+
         self.add_food_to_meal(user, food, meal_type, date_str, name)
 
         # before returning, add the db id to the response json
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0117db3..dd6d26c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 services:
   db:
-    image: postgres
+    image: postgres:latest
     environment:
       POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB}
       POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
     volumes:
       - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data/