diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40d723d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.gitea/
+.vscode/
+logs/
+__pycache__/
+.env
+.git/
diff --git a/.gitea/docker.build.yaml b/.gitea/docker.build.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bb9df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/docker.build.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: Build and Push Docker Image
+run-name: ${{ gitea.actor }} is building and pushing a Docker Image
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - staging
+      - dev
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - staging
+      - dev
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set Docker tag based on branch
+        id: tag
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ gitea.ref_name }}" == "master" ]]; then
+            TAG="latest"
+          elif [[ "${{ gitea.ref_name }}" == "staging" ]]; then
+            TAG="staging"
+          elif [[ "${{ gitea.ref_name }}" == "dev" ]]; then
+            TAG="dev"
+          fi
+          echo "TAG=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Build Docker image
+        run: |
+          docker build -t pyrss-bot:${{ env.TAG }} .
+
+      - name: Login to Docker registry
+        run: echo ${{ secrets.DOCKER_TOKEN }} | docker login -u ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }} --password-stdin
+
+      - name: Tag & Push Docker image
+        run: |
+          docker tag pyrss-bot:${{ env.TAG }} xordk/pyrss-bot:${{ env.TAG }}
+          docker push xordk/pyrss-bot:${{ env.TAG }}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1ec9c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+FROM python:3.11.4-slim-buster
+
+# python related environment variables
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# install python dependencies
+COPY requirements.txt /app/
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY . /app/
+
+CMD ["python", "src/main.py"]
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07e5819..1ec361f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ An RSS driven Discord bot written in Python.
 
 Provides user commands for storing RSS feed URLs that can be assigned to any given discord channel.
 
-Content is shared every 10 minutes as an Embed.
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+Content is shared every 10 minutes as an Embed.
+
+Depends on the web server app.
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