diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24ea0ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+FROM adoptopenjdk/openjdk16:alpine AS base-builder
+ARG SBT_VERSION=1.3.13
+RUN apk add --no-cache bash
+ENV JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/default-jvm/"
+ENV PATH=$PATH:${JAVA_HOME}/bin
+RUN \
+	wget -O sbt-$SBT_VERSION.tgz https://github.com/sbt/sbt/releases/download/v$SBT_VERSION/sbt-$SBT_VERSION.tgz && \
+  	tar -xzvf sbt-$SBT_VERSION.tgz && \
+  	rm sbt-$SBT_VERSION.tgz
+
+ENV PATH=$PATH:/sbt/bin/
+
+
+FROM base-builder AS sbt-builder
+WORKDIR /build
+COPY lib/ lib/
+COPY project/plugins.sbt project/
+COPY build.sbt .
+RUN sbt assembly
+
+FROM sbt-builder as builder
+COPY src/ src/
+RUN sbt assembly
+
+FROM adoptopenjdk/openjdk16:alpine-jre  AS base-core
+ENV JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/default-jvm/"
+RUN apk add --update ttf-dejavu
+ENV PATH=$PATH:${JAVA_HOME}/bin
+
+
+FROM base-core
+WORKDIR /lc-core
+COPY --from=builder /build/target/scala-2.13/LibreCaptcha.jar .
+RUN mkdir data/
+
+EXPOSE 8888
+
+CMD [ "java", "-jar", "LibreCaptcha.jar" ]
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 4691280..797904c 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -22,5 +22,8 @@ scalacOptions ++= List(
 )
 javacOptions += "-g:none"
 compileOrder := CompileOrder.JavaThenScala
+mainClass in assembly := Some("lc.LCFramework")
+mainClass in (Compile, run) := Some("lc.LCFramework")
+assemblyJarName in assembly := "LibreCaptcha.jar"
 
 fork in run := true
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 727b973..0000000
--- a/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "randomSeed": 20,
-    "port": 8888,
-    "captchaExpiryTimeLimit": 5,
-    "threadDelay": 2,
-    "throttle": 10,
-    "captchas":[
-        {
-            "name": "FilterChallenge",
-            "allowedLevels":["medium", "hard"],
-            "allowedMedia":["image/png"],
-            "allowedInputType":["text"],
-            "config":{}
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "GifCaptcha",
-            "allowedLevels":["hard"],
-            "allowedMedia":["image/gif"],
-            "allowedInputType":["text"],
-            "config":{}
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "ShadowTextCaptcha",
-            "allowedLevels":["easy"],
-            "allowedMedia":["image/png"],
-            "allowedInputType":["text"],
-            "config": {}
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "RainDropsCaptcha",
-            "allowedLevels":["easy","medium"],
-            "allowedMedia":["image/gif"],
-            "allowedInputType":["text"],
-            "config":{}
-        }
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data/config.json b/data/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41d3c90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "randomSeed" : 20,
+  "port" : 8888,
+  "captchaExpiryTimeLimit" : 5,
+  "throttle" : 10,
+  "threadDelay" : 2,
+  "captchas" : [ {
+    "name" : "FilterChallenge",
+    "allowedLevels" : [ "medium", "hard" ],
+    "allowedMedia" : [ "image/png" ],
+    "allowedInputType" : [ "text" ],
+    "config" : { }
+  }, {
+    "name" : "GifCaptcha",
+    "allowedLevels" : [ "hard" ],
+    "allowedMedia" : [ "image/gif" ],
+    "allowedInputType" : [ "text" ],
+    "config" : { }
+  }, {
+    "name" : "ShadowTextCaptcha",
+    "allowedLevels" : [ "easy" ],
+    "allowedMedia" : [ "image/png" ],
+    "allowedInputType" : [ "text" ],
+    "config" : { }
+  }, {
+    "name" : "RainDropsCaptcha",
+    "allowedLevels" : [ "easy", "medium" ],
+    "allowedMedia" : [ "image/gif" ],
+    "allowedInputType" : [ "text" ],
+    "config" : { }
+  } ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..315720b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: "3.8"
+
+services:
+  lc-core:
+    container_name: "libre-captcha"
+    build: ./
+    image: librecapthca/lc-core:latest
+    volumes: 
+      - "./docker-data:/lc-core/data"
+    ports: 
+      - "8888:8888"
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index a5d94ca..9f4cd3e 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-scalafix" % "0.9.25")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-scalafmt" % "2.4.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.sbt" % "sbt-java-formatter" % "0.6.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "0.15.0")
diff --git a/src/main/scala/lc/core/captchaFields.scala b/src/main/scala/lc/core/captchaFields.scala
index 5418ee9..82eb89f 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/lc/core/captchaFields.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/lc/core/captchaFields.scala
@@ -10,6 +10,19 @@ object ParametersEnum extends Enumeration {
   val ALLOWEDLEVELS: Value = Value("allowedLevels")
   val ALLOWEDMEDIA: Value = Value("allowedMedia")
   val ALLOWEDINPUTTYPE: Value = Value("allowedInputType")
+
+}
+
+object AttributesEnum extends Enumeration {
+  type Attribute = Value
+
+  val NAME: Value = Value("name")
+  val RANDOM_SEED: Value = Value("randomSeed")
+  val PORT: Value = Value("port")
+  val CAPTCHA_EXPIRY_TIME_LIMIT: Value = Value("captchaExpiryTimeLimit")
+  val THROTTLE: Value = Value("throttle")
+  val THREAD_DELAY: Value = Value("threadDelay")
+  val CONFIG: Value = Value("config")
 }
 
 object ResultEnum extends Enumeration {
diff --git a/src/main/scala/lc/core/config.scala b/src/main/scala/lc/core/config.scala
index 2bf02be..0538e25 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/lc/core/config.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/lc/core/config.scala
@@ -2,23 +2,37 @@ package lc.core
 
 import scala.io.Source.fromFile
 import org.json4s.{DefaultFormats, JValue, JObject, JField, JString}
-import org.json4s.jackson.JsonMethods.parse
+import org.json4s.jackson.JsonMethods.{parse, render, pretty}
+import org.json4s.JsonDSL._
+import java.io.{FileNotFoundException, File, PrintWriter}
 
 object Config {
 
   implicit val formats: DefaultFormats.type = DefaultFormats
 
-  private val configFile = fromFile("config.json")
+  private val configFilePath = "data/config.json"
   private val configString =
-    try configFile.mkString
-    finally configFile.close
+    try {
+      val configFile = fromFile(configFilePath)
+      val configFileContent = configFile.mkString
+      configFile.close
+      configFileContent
+    } catch {
+      case _: FileNotFoundException =>
+        val configFileContent = getDefaultConfig()
+        val configFile = new PrintWriter(new File(configFilePath))
+        configFile.write(configFileContent)
+        configFile.close
+        configFileContent
+    }
+
   private val configJson = parse(configString)
 
-  val port: Int = (configJson \ "port").extract[Int]
-  val throttle: Int = (configJson \ "throttle").extract[Int]
-  val seed: Int = (configJson \ "randomSeed").extract[Int]
-  val captchaExpiryTimeLimit: Int = (configJson \ "captchaExpiryTimeLimit").extract[Int]
-  val threadDelay: Int = (configJson \ "threadDelay").extract[Int]
+  val port: Int = (configJson \ AttributesEnum.PORT.toString).extract[Int]
+  val throttle: Int = (configJson \ AttributesEnum.THROTTLE.toString).extract[Int]
+  val seed: Int = (configJson \ AttributesEnum.RANDOM_SEED.toString).extract[Int]
+  val captchaExpiryTimeLimit: Int = (configJson \ AttributesEnum.CAPTCHA_EXPIRY_TIME_LIMIT.toString).extract[Int]
+  val threadDelay: Int = (configJson \ AttributesEnum.THREAD_DELAY.toString).extract[Int]
 
   private val captchaConfigJson = (configJson \ "captchas")
   val captchaConfigTransform: JValue = captchaConfigJson transformField {
@@ -45,4 +59,45 @@ object Config {
     valueSet
   }
 
+  private def getDefaultConfig(): String = {
+    val defaultConfigMap = 
+      (AttributesEnum.RANDOM_SEED.toString -> 20) ~
+      (AttributesEnum.PORT.toString -> 8888) ~
+      (AttributesEnum.CAPTCHA_EXPIRY_TIME_LIMIT.toString -> 5) ~
+      (AttributesEnum.THROTTLE.toString -> 10) ~
+      (AttributesEnum.THREAD_DELAY.toString -> 2) ~
+      ("captchas" -> List(
+        (
+          (AttributesEnum.NAME.toString -> "FilterChallenge") ~
+          (ParametersEnum.ALLOWEDLEVELS.toString -> List("medium", "hard")) ~
+          (ParametersEnum.ALLOWEDMEDIA.toString -> List("image/png")) ~
+          (ParametersEnum.ALLOWEDINPUTTYPE.toString -> List("text")) ~
+          (AttributesEnum.CONFIG.toString -> JObject())
+        ),
+        (
+          (AttributesEnum.NAME.toString -> "GifCaptcha") ~
+          (ParametersEnum.ALLOWEDLEVELS.toString -> List("hard")) ~
+          (ParametersEnum.ALLOWEDMEDIA.toString -> List("image/gif")) ~
+          (ParametersEnum.ALLOWEDINPUTTYPE.toString -> List("text")) ~
+          (AttributesEnum.CONFIG.toString -> JObject())
+        ),
+        (
+          (AttributesEnum.NAME.toString -> "ShadowTextCaptcha") ~
+          (ParametersEnum.ALLOWEDLEVELS.toString -> List("easy")) ~
+          (ParametersEnum.ALLOWEDMEDIA.toString -> List("image/png")) ~
+          (ParametersEnum.ALLOWEDINPUTTYPE.toString -> List("text")) ~
+          (AttributesEnum.CONFIG.toString -> JObject())
+        ),
+        (
+          (AttributesEnum.NAME.toString -> "RainDropsCaptcha") ~
+          (ParametersEnum.ALLOWEDLEVELS.toString -> List("easy", "medium")) ~
+          (ParametersEnum.ALLOWEDMEDIA.toString -> List("image/gif")) ~
+          (ParametersEnum.ALLOWEDINPUTTYPE.toString -> List("text")) ~
+          (AttributesEnum.CONFIG.toString -> JObject())
+        )
+      ))
+
+    pretty(render(defaultConfigMap))
+  }
+
 }