diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
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+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  docker:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository and submodules
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        submodules: recursive
+    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      id: buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+    - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+      uses: docker/login-action@v2
+      with:
+        registry: ghcr.io
+        username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    - name: Set up QEMU
+      if: ${{ inputs.platforms != 'linux/amd64' }}
+      uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
+    - name: Docker meta
+      id: meta
+      uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
+      with:
+        images: ${{ format('ghcr.io/{0}', github.repository) }}
+        tags: |
+          type=semver,pattern=v{{major}}
+          type=semver,pattern=v{{major}}.{{minor}}
+          type=ref,event=branch
+          type=ref,event=tag
+    - name: Build and push
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
+      with:
+        context: .
+        push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+        tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+        labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}}
+        platforms: linux/amd64
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.10-slim
+
+COPY src /src
+RUN cd /src \
+&& pip install -r requirements.txt \
+&& pip install -e .
+
+COPY src/ankisyncd     /ankisyncd
+COPY src/ankisyncd_cli /ankisyncd_cli
+COPY src/ankisyncd.conf /ankisyncd.conf
+RUN sed -i -e '/data_root =/       s/= .*/= \/data\/collections/' /ankisyncd.conf \
+ && sed -i -e '/auth_db_path =/    s/= .*/= \/data\/auth\.db/'    /ankisyncd.conf \
+ && sed -i -e '/session_db_path =/ s/= .*/= \/data\/session.db/'  /ankisyncd.conf \
+ && cat /ankisyncd.conf
+
+#see https://github.com/ankicommunity/anki-sync-server/issues/139
+ENV PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION=python
+
+CMD ["python", "-m", "ankisyncd"]