diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5bc872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/esbot
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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index 0000000..d971d59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+FROM golang:alpine as builder
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY go.mod .
+COPY go.sum .
+
+RUN go mod download
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build
+
+# final stage
+FROM scratch
+COPY --from=builder /app/esbot /app/
+COPY internal/lang/resources/jehle_verb_database.csv /app/verbs.csv
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/esbot"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 142d8aa..4a48b9d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # esbot
 
+## Build
+
+```
+docker build -t esbot .
+docker save esbot | bzip2 | pv | ssh servername 'bunzip2 | docker load'
+```
+
 ## Usage
 
 ```