diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8c7917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/target 
+/.vscode 
+/.github 
+Dockerfile 
+.dockerignore 
+/.git 
+.gitignore 
+/config/secrets.toml
+.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6088e9f..01416e0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ Cargo.lock
 # Secret configuration
 config/secrets.toml
 
-.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea/
+
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbd2dc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+FROM rust:bookworm as builder
+WORKDIR /usr/src/myapp
+COPY . .
+RUN cargo install --path .
+
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
+RUN set -xe && \
+    apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends openssl ca-certificates && \
+    apt-get autoremove -y && \
+    apt-get clean && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /usr/share/man/* /usr/share/doc/*
+
+COPY --from=builder /usr/src/myapp/config ./app/config
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/cargo/bin/ha-mitaffald ./app
+WORKDIR /app
+CMD ["./ha-mitaffald"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
index a0b322c..443f340 100644
--- a/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::mitaffald::settings::AffaldVarmeConfig;
-use config::{Config, ConfigError, File};
+use config::{Config, ConfigError, Environment, File};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ impl Settings {
     pub fn new() -> Result<Self, ConfigError> {
         let settings = Config::builder()
             .add_source(File::with_name("config/default.toml"))
-            .add_source(File::with_name("config/secrets.toml"))
+            .add_source(File::with_name("config/secrets.toml").required(false))
+            .add_source(Environment::default())
             .build()?;
 
         settings.try_deserialize()