diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1707c21..c3742da 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 .idea/
-Dockerfile
 node_modules/
 bun.lock
 package-lock.json
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9c4cbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# use the official Bun image
+# see all versions at https://hub.docker.com/r/oven/bun/tags
+FROM oven/bun:1 AS base
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+# install dependencies into temp directory
+# this will cache them and speed up future builds
+FROM base AS install
+RUN mkdir -p /temp/dev
+COPY package.json bun.lock /temp/dev/
+RUN cd /temp/dev && bun install --frozen-lockfile
+
+# install with --production (exclude devDependencies)
+RUN mkdir -p /temp/prod
+COPY package.json bun.lock /temp/prod/
+RUN cd /temp/prod && bun install --frozen-lockfile --production
+
+# copy node_modules from temp directory
+# then copy all (non-ignored) project files into the image
+FROM base AS prerelease
+COPY --from=install /temp/dev/node_modules node_modules
+COPY ./src/ .
+COPY ./package.json ./package.json
+
+# copy production dependencies and source code into final image
+FROM base AS release
+ENV DATABASE_URL=postgres://admin:iiyama12@192.168.1.166:5432/bgApp
+ENV JWT_SECRET_KEY=MySecret
+COPY --from=install /temp/prod/node_modules node_modules
+COPY --from=prerelease /usr/src/app/index.ts .
+COPY --from=prerelease /usr/src/app/utilities/ ./utilities
+COPY --from=prerelease /usr/src/app/endpoints/ ./endpoints
+COPY --from=prerelease /usr/src/app/orm/ ./orm
+COPY --from=prerelease /usr/src/app/package.json .
+RUN ls -la
+
+# run the app
+USER bun
+EXPOSE 3000/tcp
+ENTRYPOINT [ "bun", "run", "index.ts" ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67a27fe..bdca347 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "bun --env-file=.env.test test ./src/tests/",
-    "build": "bun build src/index.ts --target bun",
+    "build": "docker build --pull --progress=plain --no-cache -t bgapp .",
     "dev": "bun --env-file=.env.dev run src/index.ts"
   },
   "private": true,