diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 032df37..b265a13 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 FROM python:3.11-alpine AS base
 
+# set this arg to true, if you want
+# to build the app with a speciffic
+# port (8080) exposed.
+ARG WEB_SERVER=false
+ENV WEB_SERVER=$WEB_SERVER
+
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY . .
 
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-CMD ["python3", "main.py"]
+RUN if [ "$WEB_SERVER" = "false" ]; then \ 
+		rm docker-entrypoint.py; \
+	else \
+		pip3 install flask; \
+	fi
+
+CMD if [ "$WEB_SERVER" = "false" ]; then \
+		exec python3 main.py; \
+	else \
+		exec python3 docker-entrypoint.py; \
+	fi
 
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.py b/docker-entrypoint.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d9413e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from flask import Flask, jsonify
+import threading
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+@app.route('/', methods=['GET'])
+def index():
+    return jsonify({"status": "ok"}), 200
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    t = threading.Thread(target=lambda: app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=8080))
+    t.start()
+
+    import main
+