diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 41c19bb..b4e7bd1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
-FROM python:3.8.12-buster
+# much smaller image than debian based python images
+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+LABEL maintainer="0xkatana"
 
 WORKDIR /app
-COPY ./ ./
-COPY files files
 
-RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+# Install git 
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git && apt-get clean
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["python3", "/app/start.py"]
+# copy requirements.txt for better caching 
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+# Install py dependencies (may migrate to uv later)
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy all code at once  instead of copy code then files 
+COPY . .
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["python", "start.py"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 058e437..8ec5520 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -138,6 +138,18 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt
 apt -y update && apt -y install curl wget libcurl4 libssl-dev python3 python3-pip make cmake automake autoconf m4 build-essential git && git clone https://github.com/MatrixTM/MHDDoS.git && cd MH* && pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
+**Docker**
+
+```shell script
+git clone https://github.com/MatrixTM/MHDDoS.git
+cd MHDDoS
+docker compose build
+# you can use the built image directly by uncommenting one line in the dockercompose
+docker compose run -it --entrypoint /bin/bash mhddos
+
+```
+
+
 [python3]: https://python.org 'Python3'
 [github issues]: https://github.com/MatrixTM/MHDDoS/issues 'enter'
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6862793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+version: "3.9"
+
+services:
+  mhddos:
+    # image: ghcr.io/mhprodev/mhddos:latest
+    build: .
+    container_name: mhddos
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - ./config.json:/app/config.json
+      - ./files:/app/files
+     
+    
+    
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cefd72f..6908519 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ psutil>=5.9.3
 icmplib>=2.1.1
 pyasn1==0.4.8
 pyroxy @ git+https://github.com/MatrixTM/PyRoxy.git
-yarl>=1.7.2
+yarl>=1.7.2
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