diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM debian:stretch
+
+LABEL maintainer="mgeitz" \
+      version="0.1.5" \
+      description="This image is used to start the albumfs executable"
+
+RUN groupadd -g 999 albumfs && \
+    useradd -r -u 999 -g albumfs albumfs
+
+RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y \
+    libfuse-dev \
+    libpng-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    pkg-config \
+    build-essential
+
+WORKDIR /bin/albumfs
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN make all && \
+    make install && \
+    chown -R albumfs:albumfs ./
+
+USER albumfs
+
+CMD /bin/bash
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3'
+services:
+  albumfs: &base
+    build: .
+    command: /bin/bash
+    volumes:
+      - .:/bin/albumfs