diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6a00335..f9a9c58 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-# Would use bun, but because better-sqlite3 hates it haha
-FROM node:22
+# If the bot runs poorly or errors,
+# remove -slim from the image name
+FROM node:22-slim
 
 WORKDIR /app
-COPY . .
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3 make g++ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-RUN ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
+COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3 make g++ \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+  && ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python \
+  && npm ci --omit=dev
 
-RUN npm install --omit=dev
+COPY . .
 
-CMD ["npm", "run", "start"]
\ No newline at end of file
+CMD ["npm", "start"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23b281e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+services:
+  bot:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: ticket-bot
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      NODE_ENV: production
+    volumes:
+      - ticketbotdata:./data # must match the dbpath value in config.yml
+
+volumes:
+  ticketbotdata: