diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a72328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Twilio credentials (replace these with your actual credentials)
+TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID = "your_account_sid_here"
+TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN = "your_auth_token_here"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6135c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Publish container image
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+jobs:
+  build-backend:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Log in to the container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@65b78e6e13532edd9afa3aa52ac7964289d1a9c1
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@9ec57ed1fcdbf14dcef7dfbe97b2010124a938b7
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@f2a1d5e99d037542a71f64918e516c093c6f3fc4
+        with:
+          context: backend
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          file: backend/Containerfile
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1d17dae..8d19362 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 .venv
+.env
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d637a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+# Create and set the working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the requirements file into the container
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+# Install the Python dependencies
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY . .
+
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+CMD ["python", "./server.py"]
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7851584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+fastapi
+faster-whisper
+python-dotenv
+python-multipart
+requests
+twilio
+uvicorn