diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+venv
+.venv
+__pycache__
+.idea
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
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+# Use the official Python runtime image
+FROM python:3.13-alpine
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
+
+ 
+# Create the app directory
+#RUN mkdir /app
+# Set the working directory inside the container
+WORKDIR /app
+ 
+
+# Create a non-privileged user that the app will run under.
+# See https://docs.docker.com/go/dockerfile-user-best-practices/
+ARG UID=10001
+RUN adduser \
+    --disabled-password \
+    --shell "/sbin/nologin" \
+    --uid "${UID}" \
+    appuser
+ 
+# Set environment variables 
+
+## Django
+# Allow all hosts
+ENV DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=*
+
+## Python
+# Prevents Python from writing pyc files to disk
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+# Prevents Python from buffering stdout and stderr
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 
+# Ignore pip warning about running as root
+ENV PIP_ROOT_USER_ACTION=ignore
+ 
+## uv
+# Enable bytecode compilation
+ENV UV_COMPILE_BYTECODE=1
+# Copy from the cache instead of linking since it's a mounted volume
+ENV UV_LINK_MODE=copy
+# Disable development dependencies
+ENV UV_NO_DEV=1
+
+# copy project settings
+COPY pyproject.toml uv.lock /app/
+
+# Install the project's dependencies using the lockfile and settings
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+    uv sync --locked --no-install-project
+
+RUN chown appuser:appuser /app
+ 
+# Copy the Django project files to the container
+COPY --chown=appuser:appuser excel_mimic /app/excel_mimic
+COPY --chown=appuser:appuser sheets /app/sheets
+COPY --chown=appuser:appuser manage.py db.sqlite3 /app/
+
+# Expose the Django port
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+
+# Switch to the non-privileged user to run the application.
+USER appuser 
+
+# Run Django’s development server
+CMD ["uv", "run", "manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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index 0000000..980a946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
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+[project]
+name = "he-database"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Add your description here"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+dependencies = [
+    "django==6.0.4",
+]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
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index 0000000..b50187e
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+++ b/uv.lock
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+revision = 3
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
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