diff --git a/.dockergnore b/.dockergnore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c774ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockergnore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.git
+.editorconfig
+/.vscode/*
+/node_modules
+/e2e
+/docs
+.gitignore
+*.zip
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 47143f2..840bd33 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
-#FROM - Image to start building on.
-FROM ubuntu:14.04
+# STEP 1:
+# Name the node stage "builder"
+FROM node:latest AS builder
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+# Copy all files from current directory to working dir in image
+COPY . .
+# install node modules and build assets
+RUN npm i && npm run build
 
-#MAINTAINER - Identifies the maintainer of the dockerfile.
-MAINTAINER jesse.isler@gmail.com
-
-#RUN - Runs a command in the container
-RUN echo "Hello world" > /tmp/hello_world.txt
-
-#CMD - Identifies the command that should be used by default when running the image as a container.
-CMD ["cat", "/tmp/hello_world.txt"]
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+# STEP 2:
+# nginx state for serving content
+FROM nginx:alpine
+# Set working directory to nginx asset directory
+WORKDIR /usr/share/nginx/html
+# Remove default nginx static assets
+RUN rm -rf ./*
+# Copy static assets from builder stage
+COPY --from=builder /app/dist/schedulord-backend .
+# Containers run nginx with global directives and daemon off
+ENTRYPOINT ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
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