diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1398b7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+__pycache__
+config.yaml
+cordarr.db
+.DS_Store
+notes.txt
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4b9fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+name: Create and publish a Docker image
+
+# Run workflow on push events to the main branch.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ['main']
+
+# Define the package registry and image name as environment variables.
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+# Create the single job that builds and publishes the Docker image.
+jobs:
+  build-and-push-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # Sets the permissions granted to the `GITHUB_TOKEN` for the actions in this job.
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+      attestations: write
+      id-token: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Log in to the Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          tags: |
+            type=raw,value=latest
+
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        id: push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          context: .
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+
+      - name: Generate artifact attestation
+        uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@v1
+        with:
+          subject-name: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME}}
+          subject-digest: ${{ steps.push.outputs.digest }}
+          push-to-registry: false
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0406189..1398b7f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 __pycache__
 config.yaml
 cordarr.db
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
+notes.txt
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f9d21e..8b3289a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,20 @@
 
 CordArr is a self-hosted Discord bot that allows you to add new movies or shows to your Radarr/Sonarr libraries, and allow users to create temporary Jellyfin accounts on your server.
 
-# Instructions
+# Self-hosting
+
+## Docker
+To run Guava in Docker, use the provided [docker-compose.yaml](docker-compose.yaml) file as a template for the container. Use the configuration section below to fill out the necessary information.
+
+## Bare metal
+To run Guava on bare metal, follow the steps below.
+
+1. Install Python 3 and Pip
+2. Clone this repository
+3. Install the requirements with `pip install -r requirements.txt`
+4. Run the `code/bot.py` file
+5. Input information into the newly created config.yaml file.
+6. Re-run the `code/bot.py` file.
 
 CordArr is built on Python and requires you to install all of the dependencies in the `requirements.txt` file. To do this, you can run the pip install command like `pip install -r requirements.txt`
 
diff --git a/code/utils/config.py b/code/utils/config.py
index 491677d..f3fc971 100644
--- a/code/utils/config.py
+++ b/code/utils/config.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import jsonschema
 import validators
 import yaml
 import sys
+import os
 import logging
 import requests
 import sqlite3
@@ -103,8 +104,13 @@ def load_config() -> None:
     If the file does not exist, generate it
     """
     database_setup()
+    if os.path.exists("/.dockerenv"):
+        file_path = "/config/config.yaml"
+    else:
+        file_path = "config.yaml"
+
     try:
-        with open("config.yaml", "r") as f:
+        with open(file_path, "r") as f:
             contents = f.read()
             validate_config(contents)
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..582ac23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+services:
+    cordarr:
+        container_name: cordarr
+        image: ghcr.io/packetparker/cordarr:latest
+        volumes:
+            - /path/on/system:/config
+            - /path/on/system:/data
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diff --git a/dockerfile b/dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c80fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://git.pkrm.dev/parker/cordarr"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="parker <mailto:contact@pkrm.dev>"
+
+WORKDIR /
+
+COPY . .
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "python" ]
+CMD [ "-u",  "code/bot.py" ]
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fa63860..8887090 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 colorlog==6.8.2
 requests==2.32.0
-humanize==4.9.0
 wonderwords==2.2.0
-
-# validators
-# jsonschema
-# pyyaml
-# discord py
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+PyYAML==6.0.2
+validators==0.34.0
+jsonschema==4.23.0
+jsonschema-specifications==2024.10.1
+discord.py==2.4.0
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