diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2d96ba3..9e59dec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.kate-swp
+.env
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e69de29..754c240 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Use this image as the platform to build the app
+FROM node:20.11-alpine AS external-website
+
+# A small line inside the image to show who made it
+LABEL Developers="Dave Lane, Lane Ventures"
+
+# The WORKDIR instruction sets the working directory for everything that will happen next
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy all local files into the image
+COPY . .
+
+# Clean install all node modules
+RUN npm ci
+
+# Build SvelteKit app
+RUN npm run build
+
+# Delete source code files that were used to build the app that are no longer needed
+RUN rm -rf src/ static/ emailTemplates/ docker-compose.yml
+
+# The USER instruction sets the user name to use as the default user for the remainder of the current stage
+USER node:node
+
+# This is the command that will be run inside the image when you tell Docker to start the container
+CMD ["node","build/index.js"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dfe1462..8763a83 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
 # sveltekit-docker-deployment
 
-A recipe for deploying a SvelteKit app via Docker Compose.
\ No newline at end of file
+A recipe for deploying a SvelteKit app via Docker Compose.
+
+This project owes a lot to [this reference](https://medium.com/@loic.joachim/dockerize-sveltekit-with-node-adapter-62c5dc6fc15a).
+
+## To build a new image
+
+    docker-compose build
+
+## To start it up (and tail the logs - CTRL-C to quit out of the logs without affecting running container)
+
+    docker-compose up -d && docker-compose logs -f
+
+## To clear out an old image (if it's running)
+
+    docker-compose down --remove-orphans --rmi 'all'
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..757ac22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# docker-compose.yml
+
+services:
+  external:
+    container_name: external
+    # The name of the image that will be created when building this container
+    # Change this based on your app's name...
+    image: external-website:latest
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    user: "node"
+    environment:
+      # Internal server error messages will not send stacktrace to the browser in production
+      - NODE_ENV=production
+      # Sets the timezone of the containers OS
+      - TZ=Pacific/Auckland
+    # Points to a file with the sensitive environment variables
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+    # change the port on 127.0.0.1 to ensure it's not already in use on the host.
+      - 127.0.0.1:5050:5050
diff --git a/env.sample b/env.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26e33dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/env.sample
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# copy this to .env to enable...