diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28a248d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+**/bin/
+**/obj/
+**/.vs/
+**/.git/
+**/node_modules/
+*.md
+.dockerignore
+.gitignore
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bfa539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# ── Build Stage ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:10.0 AS build
+WORKDIR /src
+
+COPY timetracker/timetracker.csproj timetracker/
+RUN dotnet restore timetracker/timetracker.csproj
+
+COPY timetracker/ timetracker/
+WORKDIR /src/timetracker
+RUN dotnet publish -c Release -o /app/publish --no-restore
+
+# ── Runtime Stage ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:10.0 AS final
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=build /app/publish .
+
+# Verzeichnis für die SQLite-Datenbank (als Volume mounten für Persistenz)
+RUN mkdir -p /data
+
+# HTTP auf Port 8080, HTTPS wird vom Reverse Proxy (z.B. nginx/Traefik) übernommen
+ENV ASPNETCORE_HTTP_PORTS=8080
+ENV ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Production
+ENV TIMETRACKER_DB_PATH=/data/timetracker.db
+ENV EnableHttpsRedirect=false
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+# Datenbank-Volume – außerhalb mounten, damit sie Container-Neustarts überlebt
+VOLUME ["/data"]
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "timetracker.dll"]
diff --git a/obj/Debug/net10.0/timetracker.AssemblyInfo.cs b/obj/Debug/net10.0/timetracker.AssemblyInfo.cs
index ce799e0..0830129 100644
--- a/obj/Debug/net10.0/timetracker.AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/obj/Debug/net10.0/timetracker.AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ using System.Reflection;
 [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyCompanyAttribute("timetracker")]
 [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyConfigurationAttribute("Debug")]
 [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyFileVersionAttribute("1.0.0.0")]
-[assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute("1.0.0")]
+[assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute("1.0.0+0467f450368a3b05b63a5d2a2cc8779571042711")]
 [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyProductAttribute("timetracker")]
 [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyTitleAttribute("timetracker")]
 [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyVersionAttribute("1.0.0.0")]
diff --git a/obj/Debug/net10.0/timetracker.AssemblyInfoInputs.cache b/obj/Debug/net10.0/timetracker.AssemblyInfoInputs.cache
index a16983c..3552a3b 100644
--- a/obj/Debug/net10.0/timetracker.AssemblyInfoInputs.cache
+++ b/obj/Debug/net10.0/timetracker.AssemblyInfoInputs.cache
@@ -1 +1 @@
-54fcc459703edb8c510de7aeecfdb95fb68c6245b644cb8fff3337f4470f7473
+d82bd1af2676da228608191aea963cac3166fa85ba461e9bcfa8554e5f0bdffb