diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index a3c68b1..3730ca9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ services:
       LNBITS_EXTENSIONS_DEFAULT_INSTALL: "lnurlp,nostrclient,nostrrelay,nostrmarket,events,libra,satmachineclient,satmachineadmin"
       LNBITS_ADMIN_EXTENSIONS: "nostrclient,nostrrelay,satmachineadmin"
       LNBITS_USER_DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS: "lnurlp,nostrmarket,events,libra,satmachineclient"
+      # Nostr transport layer (HTTP-free RPC over kind-21000 events).
+      # On first boot a keypair is auto-generated and logged; copy the
+      # printed pubkey into your driver script. The relay points at the
+      # nostrrelay extension running inside the same container — a relay
+      # named "test" must be created via the UI before the transport
+      # will successfully connect (the reconnect loop retries every 5s).
+      NOSTR_TRANSPORT_ENABLED: "true"
+      NOSTR_TRANSPORT_RELAYS: '["ws://localhost:5001/nostrrelay/test"]'
     ports:
       - 5001:5001
     volumes: