diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b512c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 56dcc08..97e36c8 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-{
-  "parser": "@typescript-eslint/parser", // Specifies the ESLint parser
-  "env": {
-    "ecmaVersion": 2020 // Allows for the parsing of modern ECMAScript features
-  },
-  "extends": [
-    "plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended", // Uses the recommended rules from the @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
-    "prettier/@typescript-eslint", // Uses eslint-config-prettier to disable ESLint rules from @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin that would conflict with prettier
-    "plugin:prettier/recommended"
-  ]
-}
+{
+  "parser": "@typescript-eslint/parser", // Specifies the ESLint parser
+  "env": {
+    "ecmaVersion": 2020 // Allows for the parsing of modern ECMAScript features
+  },
+  "extends": [
+    "plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended", // Uses the recommended rules from the @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
+    "prettier/@typescript-eslint", // Uses eslint-config-prettier to disable ESLint rules from @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin that would conflict with prettier
+    "plugin:prettier/recommended"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index facbc7d..702d497 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/node_modules
-.env
-/logs
-/dist
-/db
\ No newline at end of file
+/node_modules
+.env
+/logs/*
+/dist
+/db/*
diff --git a/.prettierrc b/.prettierrc
index 98b3f77..0706fd1 100644
--- a/.prettierrc
+++ b/.prettierrc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{
-  "semi": true,
-  "trailingComma": "none",
-  "singleQuote": true,
-  "printWidth": 120
-}
+{
+  "semi": true,
+  "trailingComma": "none",
+  "singleQuote": true,
+  "printWidth": 120
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index c04db92..9b9a67f 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{
-  "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
-  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
-  "[javascript]": {
-    "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
-  }
-}
+{
+  "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+  "[javascript]": {
+    "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdcd43a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+FROM node:16-alpine
+
+# Create app directory
+WORKDIR /usr/app
+
+# Install app dependencies
+COPY package.json .
+COPY yarn.lock .
+RUN npm install
+
+# Copy app files
+COPY . .
+
+CMD [ "npm", "run", "local:run" ]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 30d7430..b5912bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
-# Codey Bot
-
-## Required environment variables
-
-- `BOT_TOKEN`: the token found in the bot user account.
-- `NOTIF_CHANNEL_ID`: the ID of the channel the bot will send system notifications to.
-
-## Running the bot locally
-
-1. Run `yarn` to install dependencies.
-1. Add the required environment variables in a `.env` file in the root directory.
-1. Run `yarn dev` to start the bot locally.
+# Codey Bot
+
+## Required environment variables
+
+- `BOT_TOKEN`: the token found in the bot user account.
+- `NOTIF_CHANNEL_ID`: the ID of the channel the bot will send system notifications to.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- [Yarn](https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install)
+- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) (tested up to v20.10.6)
+
+## Running the bot locally
+
+1. Build docker image: `yarn image:build`
+1. Start container in detached mode: `yarn start`
+1. View and follow console output: `yarn logs`
+
+## Other usage
+
+- Stop the container: `yarn stop`
+- Stop and remove the container: `yarn clean`
+- Restart the container: `yarn restart`
+- Fresh build and restart: `yarn image:build && yarn clean && yarn start`
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cbf2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+services:
+  codey-bot:
+    image: codey:latest
+    container_name: codey-bot
+    environment:
+      - CHOKIDAR_USEPOLLING=true
+    volumes:
+      - ./src:/usr/app/src
+      - ./logs:/usr/app/logs
+      - ./db:/usr/app/db
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index a4a0e5b..1288c74 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -1,92 +1,3 @@
-import dotenv from 'dotenv';
-dotenv.config();
-
-import Discord from 'discord.js';
-import _ from 'lodash';
-import { openDB, testDb } from './components/db';
-import logger from './logger';
-
-const NOTIF_CHANNEL_ID: string = process.env.NOTIF_CHANNEL_ID || '.';
-const BOT_TOKEN: string = process.env.BOT_TOKEN || '.';
-const BOT_PREFIX = '.';
-
-const client = new Discord.Client();
-
-const parseCommand = (message: Discord.Message): { command: string | null; args: string[] } => {
-  // extract arguments by splitting by spaces and grouping strings in quotes
-  // e.g. .ping 1 "2 3" => ['ping', '1', '2 3']
-  let args = message.content.slice(BOT_PREFIX.length).match(/[^\s"']+|"([^"]*)"|'([^']*)'/g);
-  args = _.map(args, (arg) => {
-    if (arg[0].match(/'|"/g) && arg[arg.length - 1].match(/'|"/g)) {
-      return arg.slice(1, arg.length - 1);
-    }
-    return arg;
-  });
-  // obtain the first argument after the prefix
-  const firstArg = args.shift();
-  if (!firstArg) return { command: null, args: [] };
-  const command = firstArg.toLowerCase();
-  return { command, args };
-};
-
-const handleCommand = async (message: Discord.Message, command: string, args: string[]) => {
-  // log command and its author info
-  logger.info({
-    event: 'command',
-    messageId: message.id,
-    author: message.author.id,
-    authorName: message.author.username,
-    channel: message.channel.id,
-    command,
-    args
-  });
-
-  switch (command) {
-    case 'ping':
-      await message.channel.send('pong');
-      break;
-  }
-
-  //dev testing
-  if (process.env.NODE_ENV == 'dev') {
-    testDb(message, command, args);
-  }
-};
-
-const handleMessage = async (message: Discord.Message) => {
-  // ignore messages without bot prefix and messages from other bots
-  if (!message.content.startsWith(BOT_PREFIX) || message.author.bot) return;
-  // obtain command and args from the command message
-  const { command, args } = parseCommand(message);
-  if (!command) return;
-
-  try {
-    await handleCommand(message, command, args);
-  } catch (e) {
-    // log error
-    logger.error({
-      event: 'error',
-      messageId: message.id,
-      command: command,
-      args: args,
-      error: e
-    });
-  }
-};
-
-const startBot = async () => {
-  client.once('ready', async () => {
-    // log bot init event and send system notification
-    logger.info({
-      event: 'init'
-    });
-    const notif = (await client.channels.fetch(NOTIF_CHANNEL_ID)) as Discord.TextChannel;
-    notif.send('Codey is up!');
-  });
-
-  client.on('message', handleMessage);
-
-  client.login(BOT_TOKEN);
-};
-
-startBot();
+import { startBot } from './src/bot';
+
+startBot();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fd7788c..5e94be7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,10 +4,16 @@
   "description": "",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "concurrently \"yarn run-dev\" \"yarn watch\"",
-    "run-dev": "cross-env NODE_ENV=dev nodemon index.ts",
-    "watch": "tsc --watch",
-    "build": "tsc",
+    "local:run": "concurrently \"yarn node:watch\" \"yarn ts:watch\"",
+    "node:watch": "NODE_ENV=dev nodemon index.ts",
+    "ts:watch": "tsc --watch",
+    "ts:build": "tsc",
+    "image:build": "docker build . -t codey",
+    "clean": "docker compose down",
+    "stop": "docker compose stop",
+    "start": "docker compose up -d",
+    "restart": "docker compose restart",
+    "logs": "docker logs -f codey-bot",
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
   },
   "author": "",
diff --git a/src/bot.ts b/src/bot.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3217ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bot.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import dotenv from 'dotenv';
+dotenv.config();
+
+import Discord from 'discord.js';
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import { openDB, testDb } from './components/db';
+import logger from './logger';
+
+const NOTIF_CHANNEL_ID: string = process.env.NOTIF_CHANNEL_ID || '.';
+const BOT_TOKEN: string = process.env.BOT_TOKEN || '.';
+const BOT_PREFIX = '.';
+
+const client = new Discord.Client();
+
+const parseCommand = (message: Discord.Message): { command: string | null; args: string[] } => {
+  // extract arguments by splitting by spaces and grouping strings in quotes
+  // e.g. .ping 1 "2 3" => ['ping', '1', '2 3']
+  let args = message.content.slice(BOT_PREFIX.length).match(/[^\s"']+|"([^"]*)"|'([^']*)'/g);
+  args = _.map(args, (arg) => {
+    if (arg[0].match(/'|"/g) && arg[arg.length - 1].match(/'|"/g)) {
+      return arg.slice(1, arg.length - 1);
+    }
+    return arg;
+  });
+  // obtain the first argument after the prefix
+  const firstArg = args.shift();
+  if (!firstArg) return { command: null, args: [] };
+  const command = firstArg.toLowerCase();
+  return { command, args };
+};
+
+const handleCommand = async (message: Discord.Message, command: string, args: string[]) => {
+  // log command and its author info
+  logger.info({
+    event: 'command',
+    messageId: message.id,
+    author: message.author.id,
+    authorName: message.author.username,
+    channel: message.channel.id,
+    command,
+    args
+  });
+
+  switch (command) {
+    case 'ping':
+      await message.channel.send('pong');
+      break;
+  }
+
+  //dev testing
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV == 'dev') {
+    testDb(message, command, args);
+  }
+};
+
+const handleMessage = async (message: Discord.Message) => {
+  // ignore messages without bot prefix and messages from other bots
+  if (!message.content.startsWith(BOT_PREFIX) || message.author.bot) return;
+  // obtain command and args from the command message
+  const { command, args } = parseCommand(message);
+  if (!command) return;
+
+  try {
+    await handleCommand(message, command, args);
+  } catch (e) {
+    // log error
+    logger.error({
+      event: 'error',
+      messageId: message.id,
+      command: command,
+      args: args,
+      error: e
+    });
+  }
+};
+
+export const startBot = async () => {
+  client.once('ready', async () => {
+    // log bot init event and send system notification
+    logger.info({
+      event: 'init'
+    });
+    const notif = (await client.channels.fetch(NOTIF_CHANNEL_ID)) as Discord.TextChannel;
+    notif.send('Codey is up!');
+  });
+
+  client.on('message', handleMessage);
+
+  client.login(BOT_TOKEN);
+};
diff --git a/components/db.ts b/src/components/db.ts
similarity index 80%
rename from components/db.ts
rename to src/components/db.ts
index f6c9568..ba25027 100644
--- a/components/db.ts
+++ b/src/components/db.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
-import sqlite3 = require('sqlite3')
-import { open, Database } from 'sqlite'
-import Discord from 'discord.js'
+import sqlite3 = require('sqlite3');
+import { open, Database } from 'sqlite';
+import Discord from 'discord.js';
 
-let db : Database | null = null;
+let db: Database | null = null;
 
-export async function openDB () {
-  if(db == null){
+export async function openDB() {
+  if (db == null) {
     db = await open({
-      filename: './db/bot.db',
+      filename: 'db/bot.db',
       driver: sqlite3.Database
-    })
-    await db.run('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS saved_data (msg_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,data TEXT NOT NULL);')
+    });
+    await db.run('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS saved_data (msg_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,data TEXT NOT NULL);');
   }
   return db;
 }
 
-export async function testDb(message: Discord.Message, command: string, args: string[]){
-  switch(command){
+export async function testDb(message: Discord.Message, command: string, args: string[]) {
+  switch (command) {
     case 'save':
       if (args.length < 1) {
         await message.channel.send('no args');
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export async function testDb(message: Discord.Message, command: string, args: st
           .setTitle('Database Dump')
           .setURL('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ');
         const res = await db.all('SELECT * FROM saved_data');
-        for(const rows of res){
+        for (const rows of res) {
           console.log(rows['msg_id'], rows['data']);
           outEmbed = outEmbed.addField(rows['msg_id'], rows['data'], true);
           console.log(outEmbed);
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ export async function testDb(message: Discord.Message, command: string, args: st
   }
 }
 
-console.log('connected to db')
+console.log('connected to db');
diff --git a/logger.ts b/src/logger.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from logger.ts
rename to src/logger.ts
index 3ea5c09..4fe8398 100644
--- a/logger.ts
+++ b/src/logger.ts
@@ -1,40 +1,40 @@
-const winston = require('winston');
-require('winston-daily-rotate-file');
-
-const dailyRotateTransport = new winston.transports.DailyRotateFile({
-  filename: '%DATE%.log',
-  dirname: 'logs',
-  zippedArchive: true
-});
-
-const dailyRotateErrorTransport = new winston.transports.DailyRotateFile({
-  filename: 'error-%DATE%.log',
-  dirname: 'logs',
-  zippedArchive: true,
-  level: 'error'
-});
-
-const consoleTransport = new winston.transports.Console({
-  format: winston.format.prettyPrint()
-});
-
-const logger = winston.createLogger({
-  format: winston.format.combine(
-    winston.format.timestamp(),
-    winston.format.printf(
-      ({ level, message, timestamp }: { level: string; message: string; timestamp: string }) =>
-        `[${timestamp}] ${level}: ${JSON.stringify(message)}`
-    )
-  ),
-  transports: [dailyRotateTransport, dailyRotateErrorTransport]
-});
-
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'dev') {
-  logger.add(
-    new winston.transports.Console({
-      format: winston.format.prettyPrint()
-    })
-  );
-}
-
-export default logger;
+const winston = require('winston');
+require('winston-daily-rotate-file');
+
+const dailyRotateTransport = new winston.transports.DailyRotateFile({
+  filename: '%DATE%.log',
+  dirname: 'logs',
+  zippedArchive: true
+});
+
+const dailyRotateErrorTransport = new winston.transports.DailyRotateFile({
+  filename: 'error-%DATE%.log',
+  dirname: 'logs',
+  zippedArchive: true,
+  level: 'error'
+});
+
+const consoleTransport = new winston.transports.Console({
+  format: winston.format.prettyPrint()
+});
+
+const logger = winston.createLogger({
+  format: winston.format.combine(
+    winston.format.timestamp(),
+    winston.format.printf(
+      ({ level, message, timestamp }: { level: string; message: string; timestamp: string }) =>
+        `[${timestamp}] ${level}: ${JSON.stringify(message)}`
+    )
+  ),
+  transports: [dailyRotateTransport, dailyRotateErrorTransport]
+});
+
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'dev') {
+  logger.add(
+    new winston.transports.Console({
+      format: winston.format.prettyPrint()
+    })
+  );
+}
+
+export default logger;
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index c7a4974..c3a239e 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-{
-  "extends": "@tsconfig/node14/tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "dist",
-    "preserveConstEnums": true,
-    "esModuleInterop": true
-  },
-  "include": ["**/*.ts"]
-}
+{
+  "extends": "@tsconfig/node14/tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "preserveConstEnums": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true
+  },
+  "include": ["**/*.ts"]
+}