diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26d9c74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.idea/
+target/
+files/
+*.iml
+*.log
+config.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d5d1f15..d081bae 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 # runtime files
 *.log
-/files
 
-# config
+# dev files
 config.toml
+/files
+docker-compose.yml
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4f708a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+FROM rust
+
+COPY Cargo.toml /app/Cargo.toml
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN mkdir src && \
+    echo "fn main() {println!(\"if you see this, the build broke\")}" > src/main.rs && \
+    cargo build --release && \
+    rm -r target/release/deps/bumblebee*
+
+COPY src /app/src
+
+RUN cargo build --release
+
+RUN cp target/release/bumblebee /app/bumblebee
+
+# -- #
+
+COPY docker/docker-entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
+COPY docker/docker-entrypoint.d/ /docker-entrypoint.d
+RUN chmod +x /docker-entrypoint.sh
+
+ENV CONFIG_PATH=/config/config.toml
+
+VOLUME /config
+VOLUME /data/input
+VOLUME /data/output
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/config.example.toml b/config.example.toml
index a8ab2f8..64cd838 100644
--- a/config.example.toml
+++ b/config.example.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ include = [ 'mp4', 'avi', 'mkv' ] # file extensions to include
 keep_file_structure = true # e.g. /data/input/foo/bar.mp4 -> /data/output/foo/bar.webm
 
 [files.cleanup]
-enabled = true
+enabled = true # do cleanup?
 original_cleanup_behavior = "delete" # delete, archive or keep
 
 [files.cleanup.archive]
diff --git a/docker/docker-entrypoint.d/00-preflight.sh b/docker/docker-entrypoint.d/00-preflight.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1781787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/docker-entrypoint.d/00-preflight.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+[ -z "$DEBUG" ] || set -x
+
+if [ ! -f /app/bumblebee ]; then
+  echo "$0: /app/bumblebee not found, I can't start!!"
+  exit 1
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddfc990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+for file in /docker-entrypoint.d/*; do
+  echo "$0: running $file"
+  sh "$file"
+done
+
+cd /app
+exec ./bumblebee