diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbfa7d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+**/*.pyc
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3150aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm AS env-builder
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY pyproject.toml .
+COPY poetry.lock .
+
+# create virtual environment
+RUN python -m venv /venv
+
+# set python thingies, set environment variables and activate virtual environment
+ENV \
+    PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    PATH="/venv/bin:$PATH"
+
+RUN \
+    pip install poetry && \
+    # dump python dependencies into requirements file
+    poetry export --without-hashes --format=requirements.txt > requirements.txt && \
+    # install python libs
+    pip install -r requirements.txt --no-cache-dir --prefer-binary --no-deps --no-compile
+
+
+FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY --from=env-builder /venv /venv
+
+# set python thingies and activate virtual environment
+ENV \
+    PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    PATH="/venv/bin:$PATH"
+
+COPY manage.py .
+COPY pyproject.toml .
+COPY poetry.lock .
+COPY db.template.sqlite3 db.sqlite3
+COPY ./project ./project
+
+# run as user www-data
+USER 33
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/venv/bin/gunicorn" ]
+CMD [ \
+    "--bind", "0.0.0.0:8000", \
+    "--workers", "4", \
+    "project.wsgi" \
+]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c9d9c37..97b6f3c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+CONTAINER_NAME=django-htmx
+IMAGE_NAME=django-htmx
+
+
 ifeq ($(VIRTUAL_ENV),)
 	RUN_IN_ENV=poetry run
 else
@@ -19,3 +23,20 @@ migrations:
 
 migrate:
 	@ $(RUN_IN_ENV) python manage.py migrate
+
+
+docker-build:
+	- @docker image rm $(IMAGE_NAME) --force
+	@docker \
+		build . \
+		-t $(IMAGE_NAME)
+	@docker \
+		build . \
+		-t $(IMAGE_NAME)
+
+
+docker-run:
+	@docker run \
+		--publish 8000:8000 \
+		--name $(CONTAINER_NAME) \
+		$(IMAGE_NAME)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e8edad4..cf1357a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,36 @@
 # Django-htmx demo
+
+## Run demo
+
+### As docker container
+
+```
+make docker-build
+make docker-run
+```
+
+Browse to [localhost:8000](http://localhost:8000).
+
+Later, start and stop docker container using:
+
+```
+docker start django-htmx
+```
+
+and
+
+```
+docker stop django-htmx
+```
+
+### As standard local Django app
+
+- requirements: Python 3.10 or 3.11
+- [poetry](https://python-poetry.org)
+
+```
+poetry install
+make run 
+```
+
+Browse to [localhost:8000](http://localhost:8000).
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index e00db63..f011264 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ tests = ["mypy (>=0.800)", "pytest", "pytest-asyncio"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django"
-version = "5.0.4"
+version = "5.0.6"
 description = "A high-level Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.10"
 files = [
-    {file = "Django-5.0.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:916423499d75d62da7aa038d19aef23d23498d8df229775eb0a6309ee1013775"},
-    {file = "Django-5.0.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4bd01a8c830bb77a8a3b0e7d8b25b887e536ad17a81ba2dce5476135c73312bd"},
+    {file = "Django-5.0.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8363ac062bb4ef7c3f12d078f6fa5d154031d129a15170a1066412af49d30905"},
+    {file = "Django-5.0.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ff1b61005004e476e0aeea47c7f79b85864c70124030e95146315396f1e7951f"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ tornado = ["tornado (>=0.2)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jinja2"
-version = "3.1.3"
+version = "3.1.4"
 description = "A very fast and expressive template engine."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
-    {file = "Jinja2-3.1.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7d6d50dd97d52cbc355597bd845fabfbac3f551e1f99619e39a35ce8c370b5fa"},
-    {file = "Jinja2-3.1.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ac8bd6544d4bb2c9792bf3a159e80bba8fda7f07e81bc3aed565432d5925ba90"},
+    {file = "jinja2-3.1.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:bc5dd2abb727a5319567b7a813e6a2e7318c39f4f487cfe6c89c6f9c7d25197d"},
+    {file = "jinja2-3.1.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4a3aee7acbbe7303aede8e9648d13b8bf88a429282aa6122a993f0ac800cb369"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -171,19 +171,18 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlparse"
-version = "0.4.4"
+version = "0.5.0"
 description = "A non-validating SQL parser."
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.5"
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "sqlparse-0.4.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5430a4fe2ac7d0f93e66f1efc6e1338a41884b7ddf2a350cedd20ccc4d9d28f3"},
-    {file = "sqlparse-0.4.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d446183e84b8349fa3061f0fe7f06ca94ba65b426946ffebe6e3e8295332420c"},
+    {file = "sqlparse-0.5.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c204494cd97479d0e39f28c93d46c0b2d5959c7b9ab904762ea6c7af211c8663"},
+    {file = "sqlparse-0.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:714d0a4932c059d16189f58ef5411ec2287a4360f17cdd0edd2d09d4c5087c93"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
-dev = ["build", "flake8"]
+dev = ["build", "hatch"]
 doc = ["sphinx"]
-test = ["pytest", "pytest-cov"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "typing-extensions"
@@ -209,5 +208,5 @@ files = [
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
-python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "6c86d5721314c92afa919983780e664a1573ebb7c25a8b54622393b97990e509"
+python-versions = ">= 3.10, < 3.12"
+content-hash = "26984438b0e835c052014186db2a76cbe044e19fd5b56ba3fc3d642b2ed530dc"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c612ab4..4c24ab2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ authors = ["Eden Kirin <eden@ekirin.com>"]
 readme = "README.md"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.10"
+python = ">= 3.10, < 3.12"
 django = "^5.0.4"
 django-jinja = "^2.11.0"
 gunicorn = "^21.2.0"