diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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index 0000000..3a31edf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+venv
+**/__pycache__/
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
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+name: Create and publish a Docker image
+
+on:
+  push:
+
+# Defines two custom environment variables for the workflow.
+# These are used for the Container registry domain, and a name for the Docker image that this workflow builds.
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+# There is a single job in this workflow.
+# It's configured to run on the latest available version of Ubuntu.
+jobs:
+  build-and-push-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # Sets the permissions granted to the `GITHUB_TOKEN` for the actions in this job.
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      # Uses the `docker/login-action` action to log in to the Container registry registry using the account and
+      # password that will publish the packages. Once published, the packages are scoped to the account defined here.
+      - name: Log in to the Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@65b78e6e13532edd9afa3aa52ac7964289d1a9c1
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    
+      # This step uses [docker/metadata-action](https://github.com/docker/metadata-action#about) to extract tags and
+      # labels that will be applied to the specified image. The `id` "meta" allows the output of this step to be
+      # referenced in a subsequent step. The `images` value provides the base name for the tags and labels.
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@9ec57ed1fcdbf14dcef7dfbe97b2010124a938b7
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+    
+      # This step uses the `docker/build-push-action` action to build the image, based on your repository's `Dockerfile`.
+      # If the build succeeds, it pushes the image to GitHub Packages.
+      # It uses the `context` parameter to define the build's context as the set of files located in the specified path.
+      # For more information, see "[Usage](https://github.com/docker/build-push-action#usage)" in the README of the
+      # `docker/build-push-action` repository.
+      # It uses the `tags` and `labels` parameters to tag and label the image with the output from the "meta" step.
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@f2a1d5e99d037542a71f64918e516c093c6f3fc4
+        with:
+          context: .
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5c83172..1e85507 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 venv/
 en_core_web_sm-3.2.0/
 huggingface_cache/
+**/__pycache__/
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+++ b/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.10-bookworm
+
+ENV FLASK_APP=main.py
+ENV PATH="/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH"
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3-dev libevent-dev build-essential software-properties-common libpangocairo-1.0-0
+
+RUN useradd -m user && \
+    chown -R user:user /home/user && \
+    mkdir -p /cache && \
+    mkdir -p /var/freetxt && \
+    chown -R user:user /cache && \
+    chown -R user:user /var/freetxt
+USER user
+
+COPY --chown=user:user requirements.txt /freetxt/requirements.txt
+WORKDIR /freetxt
+
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt && \
+    python3 -m nltk.downloader all
+
+COPY --chown=user:user . /freetxt
+
+CMD [ "python3", "main.py" ]
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+
+
+#RUN python3 -m venv venv && \
+#    . ./venv/bin/activate && \
+#    pip install --upgrade pip && \
+#    pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+#ENV VIRTUAL_ENV /freetxt/venv
+#ENV PATH /freetxt/venv/bin:$PATH
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