diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# base image for python
+FROM python:3.10-alpine3.16
+
+# # set working directory
+# WORKDIR /app
+
+# set the required dependencies
+COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
+COPY requirements-dev.txt requirements-dev.txt
+
+# install dependencies
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+
+# copy the content of the local src directory to the working directory
+COPY . .
+
+# run the command to start the bot
+CMD [ "python3", "-m", "bot"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: "3"
+
+services:
+  gongo:
+    container_name: gongo
+    build: .
+    image: python:3.10-alpine3.16