diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 90dd9ca3..143966d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -193,6 +193,16 @@ RowBoat supports RAG capabilities to enhance responses with your custom knowledg
    QDRANT_API_KEY=<your-api-key>  # Only needed for Qdrant Cloud
    ```
 
+3. **Initialize Qdrant Collections**
+   ```bash
+   docker compose --profile setup_qdrant up setup_qdrant
+   ```
+
+   If you need to delete the collections and start fresh, you can run:
+   ```bash
+   docker compose --profile delete_qdrant up delete_qdrant
+   ```
+
 ### RAG Features
 
 RowBoat supports two types of knowledge base ingestion:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index cb026d57..558b5f82 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -69,6 +69,28 @@ services:
       - OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY}
     restart: unless-stopped
 
+  setup_qdrant:
+    build:
+      context: ./apps/rowboat
+      dockerfile: scripts.Dockerfile
+    command: ["npm", "run", "setupQdrant"]
+    profiles: [ "setup_qdrant" ]
+    environment:
+      - QDRANT_URL=${QDRANT_URL}
+      - QDRANT_API_KEY=${QDRANT_API_KEY}
+    restart: no
+
+  delete_qdrant:
+    build:
+      context: ./apps/rowboat
+      dockerfile: scripts.Dockerfile
+    command: ["npm", "run", "deleteQdrant"]
+    profiles: [ "delete_qdrant" ]
+    environment:
+      - QDRANT_URL=${QDRANT_URL}
+      - QDRANT_API_KEY=${QDRANT_API_KEY}
+    restart: no
+
   rag_files_worker:
     build:
       context: ./apps/rowboat