diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..504afef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+node_modules/
+package-lock.json
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9300d21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+FROM node:23-alpine
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY package.json ./
+
+RUN npm install
+
+COPY . .
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+CMD ["node", "server.js"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49fb8ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+services:
+  backend:
+    build: .
+    container_name: healoscope-backend
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    environment:
+      PORT: 8080
+      MONGODB_URI: mongodb://mongo:27017/healoscope
+      JWT_SECRET: ${JWT_SECRET}
+      EMAIL_USER: ${EMAIL_USER}
+      EMAIL_PASS: ${EMAIL_PASS}
+      CLOUDINARY_NAME: ${CLOUDINARY_NAME}
+      CLOUDINARY_API_KEY: ${CLOUDINARY_API_KEY}
+      CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET: ${CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET}
+      GEMINI_API_KEY: ${GEMINI_API_KEY}
+    depends_on:
+      mongo:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+  mongo:
+    image: mongo
+    container_name: healoscope-mongo
+    ports:
+      - "27017:27017"
+    volumes:
+      - mongo_data:/data/db
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "mongo", "--quiet", "127.0.0.1/healoscope", "--eval", "db.runCommand('ping').ok"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+
+volumes:
+  mongo_data:
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 0a8dc92..d9fc4e0 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import bodyParser from "body-parser";
 import cors from "cors";
 import mainRouter from "./routes/mainRouter.js";
 
-const PORT = process.env.PORT | 8080;
+const PORT = process.env.PORT || 8080;
 const URI = process.env.MONGODB_URI;
 
 
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ app.listen(PORT, async () => {
 
 // app.get("/", (req, res) => {
 //     res.send("Hello, I'm root");
-// })
\ No newline at end of file
+// })