diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 688e3a7..41d06d6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ teams/migrations
 forums/__pycache__
 forums/migrations
 .vscode
-.env
\ No newline at end of file
+.env
+.python-version
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56c9fe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM python:3.8.13-slim-bullseye
+
+RUN mkdir /code
+WORKDIR /code
+COPY . .
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN python manage.py makemigrations accounts challenges forums
+RUN python manage.py migrate
+
+EXPOSE 8000
+CMD ["python", "manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a9d99d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+docker_build:
+	docker build -t minictf .
+
+docker_run:
+	docker run --rm -it -p 8000:8000 minictf:latest
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e4965a..45ea149 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,9 +40,24 @@ Discussion Forums
 <img src="readmeimg/forum.png" width="100%">
 
 
-#### Test it locally
+#### Dev env setup
 
-###### Requirments
+##### Requirments
+
+> Rename .env.example to .env and change the value of KEY. 
+>
+> **Note**: Keep this value a secret.
+
+###### Docker Setup
+
+```bash
+  make docker_build
+  make docker_run
+```
+
+This will start the server at port 8000.
+
+###### Local Setup
 
 ```
 python 3.x
@@ -51,10 +66,6 @@ django 2.0
 
 Install [Pipenv](https://pypi.org/project/pipenv/)
 
-> Rename .env.example to .env and change the value of KEY. 
->
-> **Note**: Keep this value a secret.
-
 <b>Want to make this process fast. Switch to [local branch](https://github.com/DivyanshuSahu/miniCTF/tree/local)</b>
 
 ###### Install miniCTF
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..027437c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Django==2.0
+python-dotenv==0.14.0
+pytz==2020.1