diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d80ea89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+FROM python:3.7.2-alpine3.9
+
+RUN echo "@community http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community" >> /etc/apk/repositories
+RUN apk add --update --no-cache ca-certificates gcc g++ curl openblas-dev@community
+RUN ln -s /usr/include/locale.h /usr/include/xlocale.h
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/LEDServer
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir numpy 
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir --upgrade ptvsd 
+# RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir scipy # scipy is only required by the recorder application
+
diff --git a/run-python-docker.sh b/run-python-docker.sh
index 8b49bae..d0327d2 100755
--- a/run-python-docker.sh
+++ b/run-python-docker.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 docker run \
     --rm \
     -i \
-    --network=host \
+    --network="host" \
     -v "$HOME":"$HOME":ro \
     -u $(id -u) \
     -w "$PWD" \
-    $USER/ledserver:latest \
-    python3.7 $@
+    devel:latest \
+    python3.7 -u $@
 
 exit $?
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