diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
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+name: 🐳 Create and publish a Docker image
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - mainline
+
+permissions:
+  actions: write
+  contents: read
+  packages: write
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: 🐳 Build
+    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/mainline' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: 🛑 Cancel Previous Runs
+        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.12.0
+
+      - name: ⬇️ Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: ✖️ Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: ⚡️ Cache Docker layers
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: /tmp/.buildx-cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-${{ github.sha }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-
+
+      - name: 👋 Log in to the Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: 🧪 Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          labels: |
+            maintainer=thundersquared
+          tags: |
+            type=raw,value=latest,enable=${{ github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', 'mainline') }}
+            type=raw,value={{sha}},enable=${{ github.ref_type != 'tag' }}
+
+      - name: 🛠 Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: image.Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          build-args: |
+            BUILDTIME=${{ fromJSON(steps.meta.outputs.json).labels['org.opencontainers.image.created'] }}
+            REVISION=${{ fromJSON(steps.meta.outputs.json).labels['org.opencontainers.image.revision'] }}
+            COMMIT_SHA=${{ github.sha }}
+          cache-from: type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache
+          cache-to: type=local,mode=max,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache-new
+
+      - name: 🚚 Move cache
+        run: |
+          rm -rf /tmp/.buildx-cache
+          mv /tmp/.buildx-cache-new /tmp/.buildx-cache
diff --git a/image.Dockerfile b/image.Dockerfile
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+# base node image
+FROM node:18-bullseye-slim as base
+
+# set for base and all layer that inherit from it
+ENV NODE_ENV production
+
+# Install openssl for Prisma
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y openssl
+
+# Install all node_modules, including dev dependencies
+FROM base as deps
+
+WORKDIR /myapp
+
+ADD package.json ./
+RUN npm install --production=false
+
+# Setup production node_modules
+FROM base as production-deps
+
+WORKDIR /myapp
+
+COPY --from=deps /myapp/node_modules /myapp/node_modules
+ADD package.json ./
+RUN npm prune --production
+
+# Build the app
+FROM base as build
+
+WORKDIR /myapp
+
+COPY --from=deps /myapp/node_modules /myapp/node_modules
+
+ADD /app/database/schema.prisma .
+RUN npx prisma generate
+
+ADD . .
+RUN npm run build
+
+# Finally, build the production image with minimal footprint
+FROM base
+
+ENV PORT="8080"
+ENV NODE_ENV="production"
+
+WORKDIR /myapp
+
+COPY --from=production-deps /myapp/node_modules /myapp/node_modules
+COPY --from=build /myapp/node_modules/.prisma /myapp/node_modules/.prisma
+
+COPY --from=build /myapp/build /myapp/build
+COPY --from=build /myapp/public /myapp/public
+COPY --from=build /myapp/package.json /myapp/package.json
+COPY --from=build /myapp/start.sh /myapp/start.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "sh", "./start.sh" ]