diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..102b835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+*/bin
+*/obj
+.git
+.gitignore
+Dockerfile
+.dockerignore
+.vs/
diff --git a/.githooks/pre-commit b/.githooks/pre-commit
index f701376..d6ccb2b 100755
--- a/.githooks/pre-commit
+++ b/.githooks/pre-commit
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 # Use with:
 #
 # $> git config core.hooksPath .githooks
-#
-dotnet format --exclude vendor/
+if ! git diff --cached --quiet -- "*.cs"; then
+  dotnet format --verbosity quiet --exclude vendor/
+fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/server.yml b/.github/workflows/server.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5c0b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/server.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Server
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'Pal.Client/**'
+permissions:
+  packages: write
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Login to GitHub Package Registry
+      uses: docker/login-action@v1
+      with:
+        registry: ghcr.io
+        username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    - name: Build and push
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
+      with:
+        push: true
+        tags: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/palace-pal:latest
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e3f7ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:7.0 AS build-env
+WORKDIR /build
+COPY Pal.Common/Pal.Common.csproj Pal.Common/
+COPY Pal.Server/Pal.Server.csproj Pal.Server/
+RUN dotnet restore Pal.Server/Pal.Server.csproj
+
+COPY . ./
+RUN dotnet publish Pal.Server/Pal.Server.csproj -c Release -o /dist
+
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:7.0 AS runtime
+EXPOSE 5415
+ENV DOTNET_ENVIRONMENT=Production
+ENV ASPNETCORE_URLS=
+ENV DATADIRECTORY=/data
+ENV Kestrel__Endpoints__Http2__Url=http://+:5415
+
+RUN adduser --uid 2000 --disabled-password --group --no-create-home --quiet --system pal
+
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=build-env /dist .
+
+USER pal
+ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "Pal.Server.dll"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Pal.sln b/Pal.sln
index 8ff8f7e..4e16275 100644
--- a/Pal.sln
+++ b/Pal.sln
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Pal.Common", "Pal.Common\Pa
 EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution Items", "{753F1752-AB41-4908-8359-C5809A79E5E7}"
 	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
+		Dockerfile = Dockerfile
 		README.md = README.md
+		.github\workflows\server.yml = .github\workflows\server.yml
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "ECommons", "vendor\ECommons\ECommons\ECommons.csproj", "{D0B37096-5BC3-41B0-8D81-203CBA3932B0}"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c53090..7dca07e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,3 +9,18 @@ To install this plugin from my plugin repository, please check the
 
 Additionally, you **need to install Splatoon**, which is used to render the visible overlays.
 Please check [Splatoon's Installation Instructions](https://github.com/NightmareXIV/MyDalamudPlugins#installation).
+
+## Server Installation
+
+To run your own server, compile this plugin in DEBUG mode, load it as a dev plugin and configure the server as follows:
+
+```sh
+# create the directory for the sqlite db & some keys
+mkdir data
+
+# generate a random key (don't need to use openssl, any other base64 string is fine)
+openssl rand -base64 48 > data/jwt.key
+
+# start the server
+docker run -it --rm -v "$(pwd)/data:/data" -p 127.0.0.1:5415:5415 ghcr.io/carvelli/palace-pal
+```