diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 02a836d..bc2fa06 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+./config.ini
+data
 *.pot
 *.mo
 dist
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92fbc7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+FROM libmp as build
+
+RUN apt update
+RUN apt install -y make gcc gettext libinih-dev libsqlite3-dev libarchive-dev
+
+WORKDIR /root
+
+COPY ./Makefile ./
+COPY ./install  ./install
+COPY ./locale   ./locale
+COPY ./src      ./src
+
+RUN make
+RUN make install
+
+FROM libmp as main
+
+RUN apt update
+RUN apt install -y dumb-init
+RUN mkdir -pv /var/lib/pooler
+
+# translations
+COPY --from=build /usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/pooler.mo /usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/pooler.mo
+
+# binary and the configuration
+COPY --from=build /etc/pooler/config.ini /etc/pooler/config.ini
+COPY --from=build /usr/bin/pooler        /usr/bin/pooler
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["dumb-init", "/usr/bin/pooler", "/etc/pooler/config.ini"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fd05035..a8ae6d7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ uninstall:
 		rm $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/share/$$po/pooler.mo ; \
 	done
 
-
 format:
 	clang-format -i -style=file src/*.c src/*.h
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 962c323..38ac5fe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ You can also build the program using docker:
 docker build --tag pooler .
 ```
 
+And for deployment you can use docker-compose, just make sure you read the compose file
+and place the configuration file and the pools to the right place:
+```bash
+docker-compose up -d
+```
+
 ### Usage
 To start a serving pools, specify a configuration file, default configuration file is
 installed in the `/etc/pooler` directory:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e9ef21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: "3"
+
+services:
+  pooler:
+    build:
+      context: ./
+    ports:
+      - "5858:5858/udp"
+    volumes:
+      - "./config.ini:/etc/pooler/config.ini"
+      - "./data:/var/lib/pooler"
+
diff --git a/install/config.ini b/install/config.ini
index 44c97c0..3f3446b 100644
--- a/install/config.ini
+++ b/install/config.ini
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # default pooler configuration, please see the wiki page for more information
 # https://matterlinux.xyz/wiki/pooler
 
-log  = /var/lib/pooler/pooler.log
+# log  = /var/lib/pooler/pooler.log
 dir  = /var/lib/pooler
 addr = 0.0.0.0:5858
 
diff --git a/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/pooler.po b/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/pooler.po
index 2825b10..ef06480 100644
--- a/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/pooler.po
+++ b/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/pooler.po
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-07-18 19:32+0300\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-07-20 01:23+0300\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 3162ed6..2a0b476 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     goto end;
 
   if ((logfile = config_get_string("log")) != NULL) {
-    FILE *log = fopen(logfile, "r");
+    FILE *log = fopen(logfile, "a");
 
     if (NULL == log)
       error(_("Failed to open the log file: %s"), strerror(errno));