diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+++ b/.dockerignore
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+**/.*
+**/*.md
+**/*.bak
+**/*.pdf
+Dockerfile*
+radiance*
+tests
+data
+docs
+tags
+
+**/core
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+**/__pycache__/
+**/*.py[cod]
+**/*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+**/*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+**/.Python
+**/build/
+**/develop-eggs/
+**/dist/
+**/downloads/
+**/eggs/
+**/.eggs/
+**/lib/
+**/lib64/
+**/parts/
+**/sdist/
+**/var/
+**/wheels/
+**/pip-wheel-metadata/
+**/share/python-wheels/
+**/*.egg-info/
+**/.installed.cfg
+**/*.egg
+**/MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+**/*.manifest
+**/*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+**/pip-log.txt
+**/pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+**/htmlcov/
+**/.tox/
+**/.nox/
+**/.coverage
+**/.coverage.*
+**/.cache
+**/nosetests.xml
+**/coverage.xml
+**/*.cover
+**/*.py,cover
+**/.hypothesis/
+**/.pytest_cache/
+
+# Translations
+**/*.mo
+**/*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+**/*.log
+**/local_settings.py
+**/db.sqlite3
+**/db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+**/instance/
+**/.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+**/.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+**/docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+**/target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+**/.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+**/profile_default/
+**/ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+**/.python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
+**/__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+**/celerybeat-schedule
+**/celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+**/*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+**/.env
+**/.venv
+**/env/
+**/venv/
+**/ENV/
+**/env.bak/
+**/venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+**/.spyderproject
+**/.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+**/.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+**//site
+
+# mypy
+**/.mypy_cache/
+**/.dmypy.json
+**/dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+**/.pyre/
+
+# - #
+# C #
+# - #
+# Copied from https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/C.gitignore
+
+# Prerequisites
+**/*.d
+
+# Object files
+**/*.o
+**/*.ko
+**/*.obj
+**/*.elf
+
+# Linker output
+**/*.ilk
+**/*.map
+**/*.exp
+
+# Precompiled Headers
+**/*.gch
+**/*.pch
+
+# Libraries
+**/*.lib
+**/*.a
+**/*.la
+**/*.lo
+
+# Shared objects (inc. Windows DLLs)
+**/*.dll
+**/*.so
+**/*.so.*
+**/*.dylib
+
+# Executables
+**/*.exe
+**/*.out
+**/*.app
+**/*.i*86
+**/*.x86_64
+**/*.hex
+
+# Debug files
+**/*.dSYM/
+**/*.su
+**/*.idb
+**/*.pdb
+
+# Kernel Module Compile Results
+**/*.mod*
+**/*.cmd
+**/.tmp_versions/
+**/modules.order
+**/Module.symvers
+**/Mkfile.old
+**/dkms.conf
+
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+++ b/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.9.5-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
+
+RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY . .
+
+CMD [ "gunicorn", "--chdir", "webapp", "-b", "0.0.0.0:8000", "app:app"]
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce68cb6..2310ca9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ If you want to test out your changes, you can run the server locally.
 
 4. Navigate to [http://127.0.0.1:8000/](http://127.0.0.1:8000/)
 
+## Using docker for deployment
+
+1. Make sure you have docker installed.
+2. Run 
+```docker build . -t wordle```
+3. Run 
+```docker run -d -p 8000:8000 wordle```
+
 ## TODOs
 - [ ] take into account browser bar height on mobile
 - [ ] curate wordlists for existing languages