diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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index 0000000..42c8c08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Use an official Python image as the base image
+FROM python:3.9-slim
+
+# Set the working directory inside the container
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the files into the container
+COPY . /app/
+
+# Install Python dependencies
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+#Run migrations to update/create database
+RUN python cool_counters/manage.py migrate
+
+# Run the Django application (assuming manage.py is present)
+CMD ["python", "cool_counters/manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
diff --git a/cool_counters/cool_counters/settings.py b/cool_counters/cool_counters/settings.py
index 860bd04..66fcc40 100644
--- a/cool_counters/cool_counters/settings.py
+++ b/cool_counters/cool_counters/settings.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = True
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*"]
 
 
 # Application definition
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+django