diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d4b6a15..66c8eae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Clone the repository, mount its directory as a volume into
         volumes:
             - ../docker-postgresql-multiple-databases:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
         environment:
-            - POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_DATABASES: db1,db2
+            - POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_DATABASES: db1:pwdb1,db2:pwddb2
             - POSTGRES_USER: myapp
             - POSTGRES_PASSWORD:
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ to the container:
     myapp-postgresql:
         image: eu.gcr.io/your-project/postgres-multi-db
         environment:
-            - POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_DATABASES: db1,db2
+            - POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_DATABASES: db1:pwdb1,db2:pwddb2
             - POSTGRES_USER: myapp
             - POSTGRES_PASSWORD:
 
@@ -54,4 +54,28 @@ to the container:
 If you need to use non-standard database names (hyphens, uppercase letters etc), quote them in `POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_DATABASES`:
 
         environment:
-            - POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_DATABASES: "test-db-1","test-db-2"
+            - POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_DATABASES: "test-db-1":"test-db-pw-1","test-db-2":"test-db-pw-2"
+
+## Add to docker composer as a service
+
+You can pass the `POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_DATABASES` environment variable
+to the docker composer like this:
+
+```yaml
+postgres:
+    image: postgres
+    container_name: postgres
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: your!!!Password
+      POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_DATABASES: db1:db1@Password, db2:db2@Password, db3:db3@Password
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+    volumes:
+      - ./<path-of-the-entrypoint>/multiple-databases.sh:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/multiple-databases.sh
+```
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diff --git a/create-multiple-postgresql-databases.sh b/create-multiple-postgresql-databases.sh
index aa665fa..4f4c13c 100755
--- a/create-multiple-postgresql-databases.sh
+++ b/create-multiple-postgresql-databases.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ set -u
 
 function create_user_and_database() {
 	local database=$1
+    local password=$2
 	echo "  Creating user and database '$database'"
 	psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --username "$POSTGRES_USER" <<-EOSQL
-	    CREATE USER $database;
+	    CREATE USER $database WITH PASSWORD '$password';
 	    CREATE DATABASE $database;
 	    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE $database TO $database;
 EOSQL
@@ -16,7 +17,10 @@ EOSQL
 if [ -n "$POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_DATABASES" ]; then
 	echo "Multiple database creation requested: $POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_DATABASES"
 	for db in $(echo $POSTGRES_MULTIPLE_DATABASES | tr ',' ' '); do
-		create_user_and_database $db
+        IFS=':' read -ra PART <<< "$db"
+        db_name="${PART[0]}"
+        db_pass="${PART[1]}"
+		create_user_and_database $db_name $db_pass
 	done
 	echo "Multiple databases created"
-fi
+fi
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