diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e939f9e..cf72dc8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ data
 main.log
 input
 frontend/.vscode
+backend/vendor
+backend/deploy.tar
diff --git a/backend/captain-definition b/backend/captain-definition
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..462dc51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/captain-definition
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 2,
+  "dockerfilePath": "./dockerfile"
+}
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diff --git a/backend/deploy.sh b/backend/deploy.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6259d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+go mod vendor && tar -cf deploy.tar *.sql *.go dockerfile captain-definition go.mod go.sum vendor
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diff --git a/backend/dockerfile b/backend/dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7da819f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Build stage
+# FROM golang:1.23-bullseye as base
+FROM golang:bullseye as base
+
+RUN adduser \
+  --disabled-password \
+  --gecos "" \
+  --home "/nonexistent" \
+  --shell "/sbin/nologin" \
+  --no-create-home \
+  --uid 65532 \
+  small-user
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY . .
+
+# RUN go mod download
+# RUN go mod verify
+
+RUN GOFLAGS=-mod=vendor CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o main .
+
+# Final stage
+# Pick your poison
+# Ordered by size desc
+# FROM ubuntu:latest
+# FROM alpine:latest
+FROM scratch
+
+# Run this for ubuntu
+# RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl vim git && apt-get clean
+
+# Copy the binary from the build stage
+COPY --from=base /app/main /main
+
+# Copy necessary files from the build stage
+COPY --from=base /usr/share/zoneinfo /usr/share/zoneinfo
+COPY --from=base /etc/passwd /etc/passwd
+COPY --from=base /etc/group /etc/group
+
+# Use the non-root user
+# USER small-user
+EXPOSE 8090
+
+CMD ["/main"]
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