diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 79d280a..9fabcba 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Use the official Alpine Linux as the base image
-FROM python:3.9-alpine
+FROM python:3.11-alpine
 
 # Install Git
 RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache git
@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@ WORKDIR /app
 # Copy the package files to the working directory
 COPY . .
 
-# Install system dependencies
-# RUN apk --no-cache add build-base libffi-dev
-
 # Install Python dependencies
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install .
 
 # Set PYTHONPATH to the app directory
 ENV PYTHONPATH=/app
@@ -23,4 +21,4 @@ ENV PYTHONPATH=/app
 EXPOSE 8000
 
 # Command to run the FastAPI server
-CMD ["python", "semantic_matcher/service.py"]
\ No newline at end of file
+CMD ["python", "semantic_matcher/service.py"]
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce3c9dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+services:
+  semantic_matching_service:
+    build: .
+    container_name: semantic_matching_service
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    working_dir: /app/semantic_matcher
+    command: ["python", "service.py"]