diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba923d7..ba6cbe4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,10 +79,11 @@ options:
 
 ### Docker:
 
-Alternatively, using docker: `docker build -t p2:latest .`
-`docker run -it p2:latest` `docker exec -it your_container_id /bin/bash`
+Alternatively, using docker: `docker build -t p2:latest docker/`
+`docker run -it -v <path-to-config>.yaml:/home/p2lab-pokemon/config.yaml p2`
 
-Run docker build with `--no-cache` to rebuild with newer versions of the repos.
+The docker image is built to start a server and run `p2lab` with the config
+mounted at the root of the repo.
 
 ## Components used
 
diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02c2129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+generations: 10 # Number of generations to iterate over
+team_size: 3 # Number of pokemon per team (max 6)
+teams: 30 # Number of teams i.e., individuals per generation
+seed: # Random seed to use
+unique: True # Determines if a team can have duplicate pokemon species
+crossover: # Determines which crossover function to use
+p1: "Player 1" # Name of the first player
+p2: "Player 2" # Name of the second player
+battles_per_match: 3 # Number of battles per match
+write_every: 10 # Write every N generations
+write_path: "./results" # Path to write to
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
similarity index 72%
rename from Dockerfile
rename to docker/Dockerfile
index 637dcfd..364e688 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from python
 
 RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get upgrade
+RUN apt-get upgrade -y
 RUN apt-get install nodejs npm -y
 
 ENV ROOT_DIR=/home
@@ -19,5 +19,11 @@ RUN pip install -e $P2_PATH/poke_env
 
 RUN npm install -g $P2_PATH/pokemon-showdown
 
+COPY ./entrypoint.sh $P2_PATH/pokemon-showdown/entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x $P2_PATH/pokemon-showdown/entrypoint.sh
+
 WORKDIR $P2_PATH/pokemon-showdown
-ENTRYPOINT node pokemon-showdown start --no-security &&
+
+ENV CONFIG_PATH=$P2_PATH/config.yaml
+
+ENTRYPOINT $P2_PATH/pokemon-showdown/entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/docker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..beceb4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+node pokemon-showdown start --no-security &
+
+while ! curl -I -s 0.0.0.0:8000; do
+  sleep 1
+done
+
+p2lab
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 89a8ab8..465d0bb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "numpy==1.24.3",
     "networkx",
     "tqdm",
+    "pyyaml",
     "pytest"
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/p2lab/__main__.py b/src/p2lab/__main__.py
index 585ad4b..c901688 100644
--- a/src/p2lab/__main__.py
+++ b/src/p2lab/__main__.py
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 import argparse
 import asyncio
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import numpy as np
+import yaml
 
 from p2lab.genetic.genetic import genetic_algorithm
 from p2lab.genetic.operations import (
@@ -90,6 +92,16 @@ async def main_loop(
     print(f"Fitness: {fitness}")
 
 
+def load_config_file(config_filepath):
+    """
+    Helper function that reads a yaml file and returns its contents as a dict.
+    Args:
+        :param config_filepath: str, a path pointing to the yaml config.
+    """
+    with Path.open(config_filepath) as yaml_config:
+        return yaml.load(yaml_config, Loader=yaml.Loader)
+
+
 def parse_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -153,7 +165,7 @@ def parse_args():
 
 
 def main():
-    args = parse_args()
+    args = load_config_file(os.environ["CONFIG_PATH"])
     if args["seed"] is not None:
         np.random.seed(args["seed"])