diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
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+name: Build and Publish Docker Image
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4  # Check out your repository's code
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+
+      - name: Log in to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Generate build date
+        id: build_date
+        run: echo "::set-output name=BUILD_DATE::$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')"
+
+      - name: Build the Docker image
+        run: |
+          docker build \
+            --file Dockerfile \
+            --tag ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/hammy-mchamiton:${{ github.run_number }} \
+            --tag ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/hammy-mchamilton:latest \
+            --build-arg BUILD_DATE=${{ steps.build_date.outputs.BUILD_DATE }} \
+            .
+        env:
+          BUILD_DATE: ${{ steps.build_date.outputs.BUILD_DATE }}
+
+      - name: Push the Docker image to GitHub Container Registry
+        run: |
+          docker push ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/hammy-mchamilton:${{ github.run_number }}
+          docker push ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/hammy-mchamilton:latest
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# Use official Python runtime as a parent image
+FROM python:3.9-slim
+
+# Set the working directory in the container
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
+COPY . /app
+
+# Install any needed dependencies specified in requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Define environment variable
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+# Add standard labels
+LABEL maintainer="Joshua Clarke and Antony Bailey <antony.bailey@thepoliceoftheinter.net>"
+LABEL description="This is a Docker image for the Hammy McHamilton Discord Bot."
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.created="$BUILD_DATE" 
+# docker build --build-arg BUILD_DATE=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ') -t hammy-mchamilton .
+
+# Run main.py when the container launches
+CMD ["python", "main.py"]