diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# DOCKER FILE FOR WORKSHOP-R
+# 2023 Roy Francis
+
+FROM rocker/verse:4.2.3
+LABEL Description="Docker image for NBIS workshop-r"
+LABEL Maintainer="roy.francis@nbis.se"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/NBISweden/workshop-r"
+
+RUN apt-get update -y \
+  && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
+  libxml2-dev \
+  libssl-dev \
+  libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+  libudunits2-dev \
+  libopenblas-base \
+  libgdal-dev \
+  && wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb \
+  && apt-get install -y ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb \
+  && rm -rf google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+  && Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("bookdown","knitr","remotes","fontawesome","formattable","formatR","kableExtra","leaflet","pagedown","lubridate","markdown","rmarkdown","xaringan","yaml"),repos = "https://packagemanager.posit.co/cran/__linux__/jammy/latest");' \
+  && mkdir /rmd
+
+RUN Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("tidyverse","nycflights13","vcd","patchwork","vioplot"),repos = "https://packagemanager.posit.co/cran/__linux__/jammy/latest");'
+RUN Rscript -e 'remotes::install_github("mkierczak/mkteachr");'
+WORKDIR /rmd
+CMD Rscript -e "rmarkdown::render_site()"
+
+
+
+
+# build container
+# docker build -t ghcr.io/nbisweden/workshop-r:1.0.0 .
+# docker tag ghcr.io/nbisweden/workshop-r:1.0.0 ghcr.io/nbisweden/workshop-r:latest
+
+# push to ghcr
+# docker login ghcr.io
+# docker push ghcr.io/nbisweden/workshop-r:1.0.0
+# docker push ghcr.io/nbisweden/workshop-r:latest
+
+# run container
+# render all files
+# docker run --rm -u $(id -u ${USER}):$(id -g ${USER}) -v ${PWD}:/rmd ghcr.io/nbisweden/workshop-r:latest
+# render one file
+# docker run --rm -u $(id -u ${USER}):$(id -g ${USER}) -v ${PWD}:/rmd ghcr.io/nbisweden/workshop-r:latest Rscript -e 'rmarkdown::render("index.Rmd")'
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ To build a single file (for example `index.Rmd`),
 docker run --rm -u $(id -u ${USER}):$(id -g ${USER}) -v ${PWD}:/rmd ghcr.io/nbisweden/workshop-r:latest Rscript -e 'rmarkdown::render("index.Rmd")'
 ```
 
+See **Dockerfile** to build the image.
+
 :exclamation: Output files are for local preview only. Do not push any rendered .html files or intermediates.
 
 ## Repo organisation