diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e819331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+node_modules
+logs
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 77b9a32..cc5399b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 node_modules
 .env
 /logs/
-/logs/*
\ No newline at end of file
+/logs/*
+dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78f4285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+FROM node:20-alpine
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY package*.json ./
+
+RUN npm install
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN npm run build
+
+EXPOSE 8001
+
+CMD ["npm", "run", "start"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe3486c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+version: '3.8'
+services:
+  mongodb:
+    image: mongo
+    container_name: mongodb
+    ports:
+      - 27017:27017
+    volumes: 
+      - mongodb_vol:/data/db
+  snipbe:
+    image: snipbe
+    container_name: snipsavvy_backend
+    ports:
+      - 8001:8001
+    environment: 
+      - PORT=8001
+      - MONGO_URL=mongodb://mongodb:27017/snipsavvy
+
+volumes:
+  mongodb_vol:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f72deb4..02ab436 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
   "description": "",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "nodemon src/server.ts"
+    "start": "nodemon dist/server.js",
+    "build": "tsc -b"
   },
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "",
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index a89deed..412426b 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
     /* Modules */
     "module": "commonjs" /* Specify what module code is generated. */,
-    "rootDir": "./" /* Specify the root folder within your source files. */,
+    "rootDir": "./src" /* Specify the root folder within your source files. */,
     "moduleResolution": "Node10" /* Specify how TypeScript looks up a file from a given module specifier. */,
     // "baseUrl": "./",                                  /* Specify the base directory to resolve non-relative module names. */
     // "paths": {},                                      /* Specify a set of entries that re-map imports to additional lookup locations. */