diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 0897b02..0515a78 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ DEV_DOCKER_ALWAYS_BUILD=false
 
 IDHUB_DOMAIN=localhost
 IDHUB_PORT=9001
+IDHUB_DEMO=true
 IDHUB_ALLOWED_HOSTS=${IDHUB_DOMAIN},${IDHUB_DOMAIN}:${IDHUB_PORT},127.0.0.1,127.0.0.1:${IDHUB_PORT}
 IDHUB_TIME_ZONE='Europe/Madrid'
 #IDHUB_SECRET_KEY='uncomment-it-and-fill-this'
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 05f0764..0139936 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ services:
       - DOMAIN=${IDHUB_DOMAIN:-localhost}
       - ALLOWED_HOSTS=${IDHUB_ALLOWED_HOSTS:-$IDHUB_DOMAIN}
       - DEBUG=true
+      - DEMO=${IDHUB_DEMO:-}
       - INITIAL_ADMIN_EMAIL=${IDHUB_ADMIN_EMAIL}
       - INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${IDHUB_ADMIN_PASSWD}
       - CREATE_TEST_USERS=true
diff --git a/docker/idhub.entrypoint.sh b/docker/idhub.entrypoint.sh
index bf076b0..c3b1822 100755
--- a/docker/idhub.entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/idhub.entrypoint.sh
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ runserver() {
                 else
                         ./manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:${PORT}
                 fi
+        elif [ "${DEMO:-}" = 'true' ]; then
+                VAULT_PASSWORD="DEMO"
+                # open_service: automatically unlocks the vault,
+                #   useful for debugging/dev purposes ./manage.py
+                ./manage.py open_service "${VAULT_PASSWORD}" 0.0.0.0:${PORT}
         else
                 ./manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:${PORT}
         fi