diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..406781b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+**/__pycache__
+env
+.envrc
+.gitignore
+LICENSE
+README.md
+config.yaml
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8c1ad54..9d10498 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 env/
 **/__pycache__
+config.yaml
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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index 0000000..1dcbb39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.12-alpine
+
+RUN apk --no-cache add \
+    gcc musl-dev
+
+RUN mkdir -p /app && \
+    mkdir -p /etc/salzarbeiter
+
+COPY ./ /app/
+
+RUN ["python3","-m","pip","install","-r","/app/requirements.txt"]
+
+VOLUME /etc/salzarbeiter
+
+CMD ["python3","/app/main.py"]