diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e81870f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FROM python:3.10
+LABEL authors="jmueller"
+
+ADD main.py .
+RUN pip install py-cord mariadb python-dotenv
+CMD ["python", "./main.py"]
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 83438f0..e3edc71 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@ import mariadb
 import sys
 from discord import default_permissions
 
-load_dotenv() # load all the variables from the env file
+configfile = "config.json"
+if os.path.exists(configfile):
+    with open('config.json') as user_file:
+        config = json.loads(user_file.read())
+else:
+    config = {"db_user": os.environ["db_user"], "db_password": os.environ["db_password"], "db_host": os.environ["db_host"], "db_pass": os.environ["db_pass"]}
 
-with open('config.json') as user_file:
-    config = json.loads(user_file.read())
+if os.path.exists(".env"):
+    load_dotenv()
 
 
 def connect_db():