diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 05eb05e..c87c8cf 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-build
+target
 Dockerfile
+build
 node_modules
 .git
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 48f9632..f2c03a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ If you don't you can download for you OS here [Docker Desktop](https://www.docke
 docker-compose up --build -d
 ```
 
-- `-d` stands for detach, if you would like to see logs I recommend using [Kitmatic](https://kitematic.com/) or don't use the -d
- - `--build` will build the images and rebuild, but this is not required every time
- - If you want to makes UI changes, there is no need to rebuild the image as the files are being copied in via volumes.
+- `-d` stands for detach, if you would like to see logs I recommend using [Kitmatic](https://kitematic.com/) or don't use the `-d`
+- `--build` will build the images and rebuild, but this is not required every time
+- If you want to makes UI changes, there is no need to rebuild the image as the files are being copied in via volumes.
 
 Now navigate to [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000/) in your browser to view the app.
 
diff --git a/backend/.dockerignore b/backend/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f6db69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+target
+Dockerfile
+.git
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44242e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#### BUILDER IMAGE -- quite big one ####
+FROM paritytech/musl-ci-linux as builder
+LABEL maintainer="Daniel Maricic daniel@woss.io"
+LABEL description="Polkadot Telemetry backend builder image"
+
+ARG PROFILE=release
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN cargo build --${PROFILE} --bins --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+
+
+# MAIN IMAGE FOR PEOPLE TO PULL --- small one#
+FROM scratch
+LABEL maintainer="Daniel Maricic daniel@woss.io"
+LABEL description="Polkadot Telemetry backend, static build"
+
+ARG PROFILE=release
+WORKDIR /usr/local/bin
+
+COPY --from=builder /app/target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/$PROFILE/telemetry /usr/local/bin
+
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["telemetry"]