diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index e65805a..95af3d6 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ ENABLE_BACKUPS=true
 # COMPOSE_FILE="$COMPOSE_FILE:compose.promtail.yml"
 # LOKI_PUSH_URL=https://loki.monitoring.example.org/loki/api/v1/push
 
+## Expose node and cadvisor ports instead of traefik
+# COMPOSE_FILE="$COMPOSE_FILE:compose.expose-ports.yml"
+
 # Monitoring Server
 #
 ## Prometheus
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 439b980..b64ea68 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ Where gathering.org is the node you want to gather metrics from.
   - cadvisor.monitoring.gathering.org
   - node.monitoring.gathering.org
 
+### Expose node and cadvisor via ports instead of traefik
+
+In case you have no traefik running on the machine, you can expose the ports directly by uncommenting the following line:
+```
+# COMPOSE_FILE="$COMPOSE_FILE:compose.expose-ports.yml"
+```
+
 ## Setup Metrics Browser
 
 
@@ -85,7 +92,6 @@ Where gathering.org is the node you want to gather metrics from.
 | Cadvisor      | traefik basic-auth | cadvisor.monitoring.example.org   |
 | Node Exporter | traefik basic-auth | node.monitoring.example.org       |
 
-
 ### Logging from a docker host to loki server without anything else
 
 ```
diff --git a/compose.expose-ports.yml b/compose.expose-ports.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d280c05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.expose-ports.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+version: "3.8"
+
+services:
+  app:
+    ports:
+      - "9100:9100"
+    deploy:
+
+  cadvisor:
+    ports:
+      - "9101:8080"
+    deploy: