diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f91b298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+FROM maven:3.8.4-jdk-11 AS build
+
+COPY . /usr/src/app
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+RUN mvn install:install-file \
+-Dfile=jars/mason.20.jar \
+-DgroupId=mason \
+-DartifactId=mason \
+-Dversion=20 \
+-Dpackaging=jar \
+-DgeneratePom=true
+
+RUN ["scripts/build_AMLSim.sh"]
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["scripts/run_AMLSim.sh", "conf.json"]
+
+
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9058085b..759dab1a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
-                      http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>amlsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>amlsim</artifactId>
     <version>1.0.0</version>
 
     <properties>
-		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-		<maven.compiler.target>${maven.compiler.source}</maven.compiler.target>
-	</properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>${maven.compiler.source}</maven.compiler.target>
+    </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
-		<dependencies>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.junit</groupId>
-				<artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
-				<version>5.8.1</version>
-				<type>pom</type>
-				<scope>import</scope>
-			</dependency>
-		</dependencies>
-	</dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
+                <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>5.8.1</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
 
     <dependencies>
 
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@
             <artifactId>mason</artifactId>
             <version>20</version>
         </dependency>
-        
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-inline</artifactId>
@@ -58,22 +57,22 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
-			<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.8.1</version>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.22.2</version>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.22.2</version>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/run_AMLSim.sh b/scripts/run_AMLSim.sh
index 02983b76..17bae4fc 100755
--- a/scripts/run_AMLSim.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_AMLSim.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ MAX_HEAP=4g
 
 CONF_JSON=$1
 
+export MAVEN_OPTS=" -Xms${MIN_HEAP} -Xmx${MAX_HEAP}"
+
 if ! command -v mvn &> /dev/null
 then
     echo 'maven not installed. proceeding.'