diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c7db2f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Dockerfile
+.dockerignore
+node_modules
+npm-debug.log
+README.md
+.next
+docker
+.git
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c10cb1bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+FROM node:18-alpine AS base
+
+# Install dependencies only when needed
+FROM base AS deps
+# Check https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/tree/b4117f9333da4138b03a546ec926ef50a31506c3#nodealpine to understand why libc6-compat might be needed.
+RUN apk add --no-cache libc6-compat
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install dependencies based on the preferred package manager
+COPY package.json yarn.lock* package-lock.json* pnpm-lock.yaml* ./
+RUN \
+  if [ -f yarn.lock ]; then yarn --frozen-lockfile; \
+  elif [ -f package-lock.json ]; then npm ci; \
+  elif [ -f pnpm-lock.yaml ]; then yarn global add pnpm && pnpm i --frozen-lockfile; \
+  else echo "Lockfile not found." && exit 1; \
+  fi
+
+
+# Rebuild the source code only when needed
+FROM base AS builder
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=deps /app/node_modules ./node_modules
+COPY . .
+
+# Next.js collects completely anonymous telemetry data about general usage.
+# Learn more here: https://nextjs.org/telemetry
+# Uncomment the following line in case you want to disable telemetry during the build.
+# ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED 1
+
+RUN yarn build
+
+# If using npm comment out above and use below instead
+# RUN npm run build
+
+# Production image, copy all the files and run next
+FROM base AS runner
+WORKDIR /app
+
+ENV NODE_ENV production
+# Uncomment the following line in case you want to disable telemetry during runtime.
+# ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED 1
+
+RUN addgroup --system --gid 1001 nodejs
+RUN adduser --system --uid 1001 nextjs
+
+COPY --from=builder /app/public ./public
+
+# Set the correct permission for prerender cache
+RUN mkdir .next
+RUN chown nextjs:nodejs .next
+
+# Automatically leverage output traces to reduce image size
+# https://nextjs.org/docs/advanced-features/output-file-tracing
+COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/standalone ./
+COPY --from=builder --chown=nextjs:nodejs /app/.next/static ./.next/static
+
+USER nextjs
+
+EXPOSE 3000
+
+ENV PORT 3000
+# set hostname to localhost
+ENV HOSTNAME "0.0.0.0"
+
+# server.js is created by next build from the standalone output
+# https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/output
+CMD ["node", "server.js"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7e3c8b05..93caa546 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,3 +31,11 @@ yarn dev
 ```
 
 Open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) with your browser to see the result.
+
+## Using Docker
+
+If you prefer using Docker to run it locally or deploy this to your cloud stack, simply do:
+```bash
+docker image build -t draw-a-ui:0.1 .
+docker container run --rm -p 3000:3000 draw-a-ui:0.1
+```
diff --git a/next.config.js b/next.config.js
index 767719fc..002f6d83 100644
--- a/next.config.js
+++ b/next.config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 /** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
-const nextConfig = {}
+const nextConfig = {
+    output: 'standalone',
+    experimental: {
+        outputStandalone: true,
+    }
+}
 
 module.exports = nextConfig