diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa9cae59..e2040a75 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ documentation/docs/dist
 documentation/vocs.config.ts*
 graphql/node_modules
 rindexer_rust_playground/generated_csv/*/*.csv
+.direnv
+._*
+_
diff --git a/dockerfiles/.dockerignore b/dockerfiles/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0938d9a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# ignore everything
+*
+
+# except the following
+!Dockerfile
+!.dockerignore
+!scripts
+!rindexer
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a1c4716
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# syntax = docker/dockerfile:1.6
+FROM rust:bookworm AS builder
+
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
+
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
+ARG DEBCONF_NOWARNINGS="yes"
+ARG DEBCONF_TERSE="yes"
+ARG LANG="C.UTF-8"
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN apt-get update --yes \
+  && apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends \
+  ca-certificates \
+  curl \
+  unzip \
+  && apt-get autoremove --yes \
+  && apt-get clean --yes \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Install rundexer
+RUN set -x && \
+  curl \
+  --fail \
+  --silent \
+  --location \
+  --show-error \
+  --url https://rindexer.xyz/install.sh | \
+  sed 's/curl -sSf -L "$RESOURCES_URL" -o "$RINDEXER_DIR\/resources.zip"/curl -sSf -L "$RESOURCES_URL" -o "$RINDEXER_DIR\/resources.zip" || echo "Failed to download resources.zip"/' | \
+  sed 's/unzip -o "$RINDEXER_DIR\/resources.zip"/[ -f "$RINDEXER_DIR\/resources.zip" ] \&\& unzip -o "$RINDEXER_DIR\/resources.zip" || echo "Skipping unzip, resources.zip not found"/' | \
+  sed 's/rm "$RINDEXER_DIR\/resources.zip"/rm -f "$RINDEXER_DIR\/resources.zip"/' | \
+  bash
+
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS runtime
+
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
+ARG DEBCONF_NOWARNINGS="yes"
+ARG DEBCONF_TERSE="yes"
+ARG LANG="C.UTF-8"
+
+# where rindexer.yaml and a JSON abi file are located
+# make sure the project path is in .dockerignore
+ARG PROJECT_PATH="./rindexer"
+
+ENV PATH="/root/.rindexer/bin:${PATH}"
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN apt-get update --yes \
+  && apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends \
+  ca-certificates \
+  bash \
+  sudo \
+  openssl \
+  && apt-get autoremove --yes \
+  && apt-get clean --yes \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Copy rindexer from builder stage
+COPY --from=builder /root/.rindexer /root/.rindexer
+COPY ${PROJECT_PATH} ${PROJECT_PATH}
+
+COPY ./scripts/entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/entrypoint.sh" ]
diff --git a/dockerfiles/scripts/entrypoint.sh b/dockerfiles/scripts/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db29029c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/scripts/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+echo "Running $(/root/.rindexer/bin/rindexer --version)"
+
+exec "$@"