diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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index 00000000..e6a7ea0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# pull official base image
+FROM python:3.6.9
+
+# set environment varibles
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+# set work directory
+WORKDIR /opaque
+
+# Copy the current directory contents into the container at /daemon
+COPY . /opaque
+
+# Install requirements
+RUN pip install --trusted-host pypi.python.org -r requirements.txt
+
+# set permissions for entrypoint
+RUN chmod a+x flask-entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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index 00000000..996d29a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+version: '3.7'
+
+services:
+  web:
+    build: .
+    container_name: web_flask_opaque
+    image: gitlab.ub.uni-bielefeld.de:4567/sfb1288inf/opaque
+    volumes:
+      - .:/opaque
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    ports:
+      - 5000:5000
+    command: bash flask-entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/flask-entrypoint.sh b/flask-entrypoint.sh
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index 00000000..ed4b193f
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+++ b/flask-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash -x
+
+python opaque.py
diff --git a/opaque.py b/opaque.py
index 55b41b8c..3f8483af 100644
--- a/opaque.py
+++ b/opaque.py
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ def test():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    socketio.run(app)
+    socketio.run(app, host='0.0.0.0')