diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b6033b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Ignore all .env files in any directory or subdirectory
+**/.env
+
+# Ignore node_modules and dist directories in any directory or subdirectory
+**/node_modules
+**/dist
+
+**/*.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d282b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Based on example: 
+FROM node:20-slim AS base
+ENV PNPM_HOME="/pnpm"
+ENV PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
+RUN corepack enable
+
+FROM base AS build
+COPY . /usr/src/app
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pnpm,target=/pnpm/store pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+RUN pnpm run -r build
+RUN pnpm deploy --filter=./apps/api --prod /prod/api
+
+# RUN pnpm deploy --filter=app2 --prod /prod/app2
+
+FROM base AS api
+COPY --from=build /prod/api /prod/api
+WORKDIR /prod/api
+CMD [ "pnpm", "start" ]
+
+# FROM base AS app2
+# COPY --from=build /prod/app2 /prod/app2
+# WORKDIR /prod/app2
+# EXPOSE 8001
+# CMD [ "pnpm", "start" ]
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7b72213..c3f914e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ $ pnpm run test:e2e
 $ pnpm run test:cov
 ```
 
+# Deployment
+
+## Docker
+
+To build a Docker image for the API, navigate to the root directory of the monorepo and run the following command:
+
+```
+docker build . --target api --tag api:latest
+```
+
 ## Docs
 
 Locally Swagger docs are available at http://localhost:3000/docs
diff --git a/apps/api/package.json b/apps/api/package.json
index 541d23a..982a3ff 100644
--- a/apps/api/package.json
+++ b/apps/api/package.json
@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@
         "@types/express": "4.17.17",
         "@types/swagger-ui-express": "4.1.6",
         "tsx": "4.17.0"
-    }
+    },
+    "packageManager": "pnpm@9.5.0+sha1.8c155dc114e1689d18937974f6571e0ceee66f1d"
 }