diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 3c151c2..d1fa66a 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ dist
 # IDEs and editors
 .github
 .vscode
-.vs
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+.vs
+localFileStore
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b6e6a05..e73a1c2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,18 +1,30 @@
-###################
-# BUILD FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
-###################
+FROM node:21-alpine3.18
 
-FROM node:18-alpine
+# get git
+RUN apk add --no-cache git bash
 
-WORKDIR app
+WORKDIR /mydraft
 
+# setup the server
 COPY . .
 
 RUN npm i
+RUN echo -e "\nVITE_SERVER_URL=/api" >> ./.env
 RUN npm run build
 RUN cp ./.env ./dist/
 
-EXPOSE 8001
+# setup react app
+RUN cd ./dist/ && git clone https://github.com/mydraft-cc/ui.git
 
-# Start the server using the production build
-CMD [ "node", "dist/index.js" ]
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+RUN cd ./dist/ui && echo "VITE_SERVER_URL=/api" > ./.env
+RUN cd ./dist/ui && rm -rf ./package-lock.json
+RUN cd ./dist/ui && npm install
+RUN cd ./dist/ui && npm run build
+
+RUN mkdir ./localFileStore
+RUN chmod -R a+rw ./localFileStore
+
+USER node
+EXPOSE 8001/tcp
+
+CMD ["node", "./dist/index.js"]
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a1a9694..5ff1864 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 # Server for mydraft
 
 Stores the documents in Google Cloud storage and provides a websocket interface for live collaboration over yjs.
+
+### Self hosting
+
+```
+docker build -t mydraft/app .
+docker run --name mydraft -d -p 8001:8001 -v ${PWD}/localFileStore:/mydraft/localFileStore mydraft/app
+```
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diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index b3d2013..08fe64b 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import express from 'express';
 import expressWebsockets from 'express-ws';
 import ShortUniqueId from 'short-unique-id';
 import fileStore from './fileStore';
+import path from 'node:path';
 
 const uid = new ShortUniqueId({ length: 20 });
 const serverPort = parseInt(process.env.SERVER_PORT || '8080');
@@ -56,17 +57,17 @@ const { app } = expressWebsockets(express());
 app.use(cors());
 app.use(express.json());
 
-app.get('/health', (_, response) => {
+app.get('/api/health', (_, response) => {
     response.send({
         status: 'Healthy'
     });
 });
 
-app.ws('/collaboration', (websocket, request) => {  
+app.ws('/api/collaboration', (websocket, request) => {  
     server.handleConnection(websocket, request, {});
 });
 
-app.get('/:tokenRead', async (request, response) => {
+app.get('/api/:tokenRead', async (request, response) => {
     const file  = storageBucket.file(request.params.tokenRead);
 
     const [exists] = await file.exists();
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ app.get('/:tokenRead', async (request, response) => {
     file.createReadStream().pipe(response);
 });
 
-app.post('/', async (request, response) => {
+app.post('/api/', async (request, response) => {
     const tokenWrite = uid.rnd();
     const tokenRead = uid.rnd();
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ app.post('/', async (request, response) => {
     return response.status(201).json({ readToken: tokenRead, writeToken: tokenWrite });
 });
 
-app.put('/:tokenRead/:tokenWrite', async (request, response) => {
+app.put('/api/:tokenRead/:tokenWrite', async (request, response) => {
     const tokenWrite = request.params.tokenWrite;
     const tokenRead = request.params.tokenRead;
 
@@ -121,4 +122,6 @@ app.put('/:tokenRead/:tokenWrite', async (request, response) => {
     return response.status(201).json({ readToken: tokenRead, writeToken: tokenWrite });
 });
 
+app.use("/*", express.static(path.join(__dirname, './ui/dist')))
+
 app.listen(serverPort, () => console.log(`Listening on http://127.0.0.1:${serverPort}`));
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