diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.8
+WORKDIR /var/www/oser-backend
+COPY . .
+VOLUME [ "/var/www/oser-backend" ]
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive 
+RUN apt update && apt install -y build-essential postgresql libpq-dev python3-dev git
+RUN python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+EXPOSE 8000
+CMD python3 manage.py makemigrations && python3 manage.py migrate && python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+# Use postgres/example user/password credentials
+version: '3.1'
+
+services:
+
+  db:
+    image: postgres
+    restart: always
+    volumes:
+      - db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: q
+      POSTGRES_DB: oser_backend_db
+
+  oser:
+    image: oser-backend:latest
+    restart: always
+    volumes:
+      - .:/var/www/oser-backend
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+volumes:
+    db_data: {}
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 452e64dd128f00575071340378f2be476caa1c45..2ad213eaf0f2ce82461392d98a0ac153cb887f75 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,48 +1,58 @@
-# Core packages
-django==2.2
-djangorestframework==3.8
-
-# Admin enhancements
-django-admin-sortable2  # Sorting items in the admin panel
-django-countries
-django-guardian  # Permissions
-
-# Email via SendGrid
-django-sendgrid-v5
-django-filter
-django-rest-auth
-
-# Telegram messages via python-telegram-bot
-tornado==6.1 
-python-telegram-bot==12.2.0
-
-# Storage of files in AWS S3
-django-storages
-boto3
-
-# PostgreSQL integration
-dj-database-url
+autopep8==1.7.0
+boto3==1.24.45
+botocore==1.27.45
+certifi==2022.6.15
+cffi==1.15.1
+charset-normalizer==2.1.0
+click==8.1.3
+coreapi==2.3.3
+coreapi-cli==1.0.9
+coreschema==0.0.4
+cryptography==37.0.4
+dj-database-url==0.5.0
+Django==2.2
+django-admin-sortable2==1.0
+django-cors-headers==2.2.0
+django-countries==7.3.2
+django-filter==2.1.0
+django-guardian==2.4.0
+django-heroku==0.3.1
+django-markdownx==3.0.1
+django-rest-auth==0.9.5
+django-sendgrid-v5==1.2.1
+django-storages==1.12.3
+Django-Verify-Email==2.0.3
+djangorestframework==3.8.0
+dry-rest-permissions==0.1.10
+factory-boy==3.2.1
+Faker==13.15.1
+future==0.18.2
+gunicorn==20.1.0
+idna==3.3
+itypes==1.2.0
+Jinja2==3.1.2
+jmespath==1.0.1
+Markdown==3.0.1
+MarkupSafe==2.1.1
+Pillow==9.2.0
 psycopg2==2.8.6
-
-# Django REST Framework extensions
-coreapi-cli  # Required for automatic API docs
-django-cors-headers  # CORS (security headers sent by browsers)
-django-filter  # Filtering helpers for API endpoints
-django-rest-auth  # Password reset views
-dry_rest_permissions
-
-# Markdown rendering
-django-markdownx
-pymdown-extensions
-Pillow
-
-# Testing
-factory-boy
-
-# Miscellanneous
-python-dotenv==0.11
-
-# Deployment
-django-heroku  # Heroku integration
-whitenoise  # Static files serving
-gunicorn  # Web server
+pycodestyle==2.9.1
+pycparser==2.21
+pymdown-extensions==4.9
+python-dateutil==2.8.2
+python-dotenv==0.11.0
+python-http-client==3.3.7
+python-telegram-bot==12.2.0
+pytz==2022.1
+requests==2.28.1
+s3transfer==0.6.0
+sendgrid==6.9.7
+six==1.16.0
+sqlparse==0.4.2
+starkbank-ecdsa==2.0.3
+toml==0.10.2
+tornado==6.1
+typing-extensions==4.3.0
+uritemplate==4.1.1
+urllib3==1.26.11
+whitenoise==6.2.0