diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe0b486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
+FROM python:3.10
+
+# Set the working directory in the container to /app
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
+COPY . /app
+
+# Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Make port 80 available to the world outside this container
+EXPOSE 8000
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 793c60e..d7ebd39 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class DefaultConfig:
     DEBUG = False
     TESTING = False
-    DATABASE_URI = "users.db"
+    DATABASE_URI = "./database/users.db"
     SECRET_KEY = SECURITY_PASSWORD_SALT='default'
     CONFIRMATATION_EMAIL_ADD=None
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Config(DefaultConfig):
 class ProductionConfig(Config):
     SECRET_KEY = '\xacI4\x077\x16?Q\xb4")\xdb\x066\x95\x11i\x0b\x0c&\xb6rP\''
     SECURITY_PASSWORD_SALT = '>\xe3\x9bz\xfd\xbc[\xe22\xcfK\xca\x88!\xd8\xd5,\xd0\x95\x0c\x02\xad\xfa\x9d'
-    DATABASE_URI = '/home/site/wwwroot/users.db' # For azure app services. The content under wwwroot is durable, unless you delete your app service.
+    DATABASE_URI = './users.db' # For azure app services. The content under wwwroot is durable, unless you delete your app service.
 
 class DevelopmentConfig(Config):
     CONFIRMATATION_EMAIL_ADD= "struebin.patrick@gmail.com"
diff --git a/database/users.initialized copy.db b/database/users.initialized copy.db
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62948a1
Binary files /dev/null and b/database/users.initialized copy.db differ
diff --git a/db.py b/db.py
index 318cdd8..71abc67 100644
--- a/db.py
+++ b/db.py
@@ -41,4 +41,24 @@ def init_db_command():
 
 def init_app(app):
     app.teardown_appcontext(close_db)
-    app.cli.add_command(init_db_command)
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+    app.cli.add_command(init_db_command)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import csv
+    from datetime import datetime
+    # Connect to the SQLite database
+    conn = sqlite3.connect('users.db')
+    c = conn.cursor()
+
+    # Load data from CSV file
+    with open('users.db.backup.txt', 'r') as csvfile:
+        reader = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter='|')
+        for row in reader:
+            username, email, password, confirmed, confirmation_date = row[1:] #drop first col
+            c.execute("INSERT INTO user (username, email, password, confirmed, confirmation_date) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
+                    (username.strip(), email.strip(), password, int(confirmed), datetime.strptime(confirmation_date, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f')))
+
+    # Commit the changes and close the connection
+    conn.commit()
+    conn.close()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10d2d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+services:
+  app:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    network_mode: host
+
+    volumes:
+      - sqlite-database:/app/database
+    working_dir: /app
+    command: sh ./run_production_server.sh
+
+volumes:
+  sqlite-database:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 17397f4..9ffe0e9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,19 @@
-flask
-msal
+blinker==1.8.2
+certifi==2024.6.2
+cffi==1.16.0
+charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+click==8.1.7
+cryptography==42.0.8
+Flask==3.0.3
+gunicorn==22.0.0
+idna==3.7
+itsdangerous==2.2.0
+Jinja2==3.1.4
+MarkupSafe==2.1.5
+msal==1.29.0
+packaging==24.1
+pycparser==2.22
+PyJWT==2.8.0
+requests==2.32.3
+urllib3==2.2.2
+Werkzeug==3.0.3
diff --git a/run_production_server.sh b/run_production_server.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b254ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_production_server.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export FLASK_ENV=production
+export CONFIG=config.ProductionConfig
+# equivalent to 'from hello import app'
+gunicorn 'app:app'
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diff --git a/users.db.backup.txt b/users.db.backup.txt
index 4ae3cb4..54b4a71 100644
--- a/users.db.backup.txt
+++ b/users.db.backup.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 1|Patrick Strübin|struebin.patrick@gmail.com|pbkdf2:sha256:260000$0XKR2y8Bl5VBJEwi$b466bf14019ea83125ae2b1a13303f04547950311cf5908eb3a64c1b4849513d|1|2022-06-17 09:29:35.589533
-2|Kalle|khstruebin@web.de|pbkdf2:sha256:260000$GHcPS6QHUlSOibT6$4fccef0949cdc64f75c5a609539fd5227ff7b0a53412c6a78bdf2a974a2c0be6|1|2022-06-17 09:39:34.305725
 3|Simone|s.m.profus@gmail.com|pbkdf2:sha256:260000$Ze0EmkSUbr9LSIv6$3ef454b54f776c016cccaad4f13f84998807d26234c218bce375ac4f386f1d30|1|2022-06-17 10:46:08.137068
 4|Simone|simone.profus@propedal.at|pbkdf2:sha256:260000$67dmLjjR1BoNwbuf$f707d073fbd34ecdee4f4f72f24d69f22880df226cb158cfef45e41402009797|1|2022-09-04 17:28:28.245465
-5|Patrick |test@bla.at|pbkdf2:sha256:260000$0r3sjIV5Or8kcBTh$44b2baf22350bebd561d6abcec7bca75aa76d72cfb66cf21d520252c0b506dcd|0|
 6|Isabella M|qallen2000@yahoo.fr|pbkdf2:sha256:260000$t93QBWdWmjhdZbGr$f6a92cf8853ca4176d7e425188359587400c9a526743df1ce267400b9fca252a|1|2022-09-14 20:54:34.740235
 7|Jesús|jvaz19@hotmail.com|pbkdf2:sha256:260000$6P0XDHrDo1EfVVf6$d98078ee68c4978d5274b3594b42896465fcce878f14d7262d4f9975bdd00ccd|1|2022-09-27 11:55:57.044266
 9|Maximilian Zahler|damaxl48@gmail.com|pbkdf2:sha256:260000$OO3CektTREvvlXHH$7fde8ba2f46179138dee4d7ebef941d30794a50c7a5b199823dedc87751a0dd1|1|2022-09-18 19:34:22.328920