diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 1789344..d1c73c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Basic Checks
+name: ci
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -8,74 +8,52 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  docker-build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
-
-      - name: Checkout repo
+      - name: Checkout traffic-reproducer
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
+          path: traffic-reproducer
           submodules: recursive
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
+      - name: Build traffic-reproducer container
+        shell: bash
         run: |
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
-      
-      - name: Set up loopback interfaces
-        run: |
-          sudo ifconfig lo:1 192.168.100.1 up
-          sudo ifconfig lo:2 192.168.100.2 up
+          cd traffic-reproducer
+          docker build -t traffic-reproducer:latest -f docker/Dockerfile .
 
-      - name: Start Listener
+      - name: Save image as artifact
+        shell: bash
         run: |
-          touch nc_output.txt
-          (nc -u -l -k 9991 | hexdump -C > nc_output.txt & echo $! > listener_pid.txt) &
-          echo "$!" > listener_pid.txt
-          sleep 5s
-          echo "Listener PID:"
-          cat listener_pid.txt
-          echo "Listener Output:"
-          cat nc_output.txt
+          mkdir -p /tmp/docker/
+          docker save -o /tmp/docker/traffic_reproducer_docker_image.tar traffic-reproducer:latest
 
-      - name: Debug IP Configuration
-        run: |
-          ip a
-          
-      - name: Run main.py
-        run: |
-          sudo env PATH="$PATH" python main.py -v -t examples/ipfix-traffic.yml
+      - name: Upload Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          retention-days: 7
+          name: traffic_reproducer_docker_image
+          path: /tmp/docker
 
-      - name: Stop Listener
-        run: |
-          pid=$(cat listener_pid.txt)
-          sudo kill -SIGINT $pid
-          sleep 5s
-          echo "Listener Output:"
-          cat nc_output.txt
+# TODO idea: send all messages from all examples and then do some basic check on collector logs / print files (no warnings, no error, line counts, etc...)
 
-      - name: Preprocess Hexdump Output
-        run: |
-          awk '{print substr($0, 11, 47)}' nc_output.txt | tr -d ' \n' > nc_output_cleaned.txt
-          echo "Listener Output Cleaned:"
-          cat nc_output_cleaned.txt
+  regression-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: docker-build
+    steps:
+      - name: Download Artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          pattern: '*_docker_images'
+          path: /tmp/docker
 
-      - name: Count Packets
+      - name: Import images in the local registry
         run: |
-          packet_count=$(grep -o '000a' nc_output_cleaned.txt | wc -l)
-          echo $packet_count > packet_count.txt
+          docker load -i /tmp/docker/traffic_reproducer_docker_image.tar
+          echo "List Images"
+          docker images | grep 'traffic-reproducer'
 
-      - name: Check Packet Count
+      - name: Run traffic-reproducer container
         run: |
-          packet_count=$(cat packet_count.txt)
-          echo "Packet Count: $packet_count"
-          if [ "$packet_count" -eq 6 ]; then
-            echo "Success: 6 packets received."
-          else
-            echo "Error: Expected 6 packets but found $packet_count."
-            exit 1
-          fi
\ No newline at end of file
+          docker run --rm --name traffic-reproducer traffic-reproducer:latest
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 462c2bd..d135a6f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 **/__pycache__/
 **/venv/
-docker/*
 **/__tmp**/
 **/tmp**
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37042cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# TODO: make this variable to select different python versions (and manually set a default one)
+FROM python:3.12-bookworm
+
+# Set the working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the application files to the container
+COPY . /app
+
+# Create /pcap directory for config and pcap files
+RUN mkdir /pcap
+
+# Install the Python dependencies
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# Set the entry point command
+# CMD ["python", "./main.py", "--cfg", "/pcap/traffic-reproducer.conf"]
+CMD ["python", "./main.py", "-h"]
diff --git a/docker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b03a0fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+exec > /pcap/run_traffic_reproducer.log
+exec 2>&1
+
+echo "$( date ) Running traffic reproducer multi"
+
+pids=()
+pcap_folders=( $( ls -d /pcap/*/ ) )
+echo "$( date ) ${#pcap_folders[@]} folders found: ${pcap_folders[@]}"
+
+for value in ${pcap_folders[@]}; do
+#  sleep 1
+  echo "$( date ) Running ${value}traffic-reproducer.yml"
+  python3 main.py -t ${value}traffic-reproducer.yml -v > ${value}traffic-reproducer.log 2>&1 &
+  pid=$!
+  echo "$( date ) Spawned PID $pid"
+  pids+=(${pid})
+done
+
+echo "$( date ) All spawned PIDs: ${pids[@]}"
+echo "$( date ) All processes spawned, now waiting"
+
+for pid in "${pids[@]}"; do
+    echo "$( date ) Waiting for PID $pid"
+    wait $pid
+done
+echo "$( date ) All processes finished"