diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 1f2644c..bc5483e 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 __pycache__/
 .git/
-.serverless/
 .gitignore
-serverless.yml
 
 *.env
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fabb2a2..b64e7b1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,9 +2,25 @@ FROM python:3.13-alpine
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
+RUN apk add --no-cache \
+    nodejs \
+    npm \
+    bash
+
 COPY requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
+# Copy Serverless config before installing plugins
+COPY serverless.yml /app/serverless.yml
+
+# Install Serverless Framework globally
+RUN npm install -g serverless
+
+# Install Serverless plugins
+RUN serverless plugin install -n serverless-wsgi && \
+    serverless plugin install -n serverless-ssm-fetch && \
+    serverless plugin install -n serverless-python-requirements
+
 COPY . /app
 
 EXPOSE 5000
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index fbc6a17..8d03dec 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@ services:
       - "${PORT}:${PORT}"
     environment:
       - API_KEY=${API_KEY}
-      - FLASK_DEBUG=1
\ No newline at end of file
+      - FLASK_DEBUG=1
+      - AWS_REGION=${AWS_REGION}
+      - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}
+      - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
+      - SERVERLESS_ACCESS_KEY=${SERVERLESS_ACCESS_KEY}
+      - PORT=${PORT}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/env.example b/env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e85255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+AWS_REGION=your-aws-region
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your-access-key
+AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your-secret-key
+SERVERLESS_ACCESS_KEY=your-serverless-key
+API_KEY=any-key
+PORT=local-port-eg-5000
+FLASK_DEBUG=1
\ No newline at end of file