diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b779123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY . .
+
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+CMD ["gunicorn", "-w", "4", "-b", "0.0.0.0:5000", "app:app"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c54d7f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+services:
+  flask-api:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - 5000:5000
+    environment:
+      FLASK_ENV: production
+    volumes:
+      - ./instance:/app/instance
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a65ce4c..d9e668f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ Flask==3.0.3
 waitress==3.0.0
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
 SQLAlchemy==2.0.36
-Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.1.1
\ No newline at end of file
+Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.1.1
+Gunicorn==23.0.0
\ No newline at end of file