diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..297671a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FROM tomcat:latest
+  
+  COPY ./target/DataDash-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.war /usr/local/tomcat/webapps
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cdd484e..33d332b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 	<description>A ProductHunt like site to find datasets and APIs</description>
 	<properties>
 		<java.version>22</java.version>
+		<java.version>21</java.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/run b/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e55b94d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+./mvnw clean package
+docker build -t sample-tomcat .
+docker container run -d  --name sample-tomcat -p 8080:8080 sample-tomcat:latest
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diff --git a/stop b/stop
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a420e1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stop
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+docker rm -f sample-tomcat
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