diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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index 0000000..90e0aa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+FROM ubuntu:latest
+
+# update to the latest packages
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
+
+# add user that will be used to install and run the application
+RUN groupadd -g 1000 deploy
+RUN useradd -m -u 1000 -g deploy deploy
+
+# install required packages for debugging
+# RUN apt-get install -y vim curl lsof
+
+
+#
+# CUSTOM PART IS BELOW HERE
+#
+
+
+# install required packages
+RUN apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip
+
+# switch to the created user and install the application
+USER deploy
+ENV PATH "$PATH:/home/deploy/.local/bin"
+
+COPY . /app
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install gunicorn
+RUN pip install wheel
+
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN flit install --pth-file
+
+# switch back to root to remove header files
+#USER root
+#RUN apk del libc-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev python3-dev
+
+# switch to the created user to run the application
+#USER deploy
+CMD ["gunicorn", "--paster", "/app/production.ini", "-b", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c20e414..35d0237 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ requires = [
     "pyramid_jinja2 >= 2.7",
     "pyramid_mailer >= 0.15.1",
     "waitress >= 1.4.3",
+    "passlib[argon2] >= 1.7.2",
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 
 [tool.flit.metadata.requires-extra]
 test = [
-    "passlib[argon2] >= 1.7.2",
     "pytest >=4.0.0",
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-mock",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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index 0000000..e69de29