diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09bd021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+tmp
+log
+.vagrant
+.git
+coverage
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9d0c400..ea86fec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 /tmp
 config/morph.yml
 /coverage
+.vagrant
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..827eaab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+FROM ruby:2.2
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev libsqlite3-dev nodejs nodejs-legacy
+
+RUN mkdir -p /app
+
+WORKDIR /tmp
+COPY Gemfile Gemfile
+COPY Gemfile.lock Gemfile.lock
+RUN bundle install
+
+ADD . /app
+WORKDIR /app
+
+EXPOSE 3000
+CMD ["rails", "server", "-b", "0.0.0.0"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 29bc41a..45ec875 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@
 1. Start Rails server: `bundle exec rails s`
 1. Visit [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000)
 
-TODOs: https://github.com/ahx/stadtratmonitor/issues
+### Using docker
+
+1. Install docker and docker-compose: https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/
+1. Start the app: `docker-compose up`
+1. TODO db:migrate, import data, setup index
+1. Get the address of the docker host: `docker-machine ip default`
+1. Point your browser to: 'http://<IP of docker host>:3000'
 
 ## Adding a data source (web scraper)
 Example scraper: https://morph.io/ahx/city_council_leipzig_recent_papers
diff --git a/config/initializers/elasticsearch_config.rb b/config/initializers/elasticsearch_config.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67d8dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/elasticsearch_config.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+config = {
+  host: ENV.fetch('ELASTICSEARCH_URL', 'http://localhost:9200')
+}
+Elasticsearch::Model.client = Elasticsearch::Client.new(config)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..767a382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+web:
+  build: .
+  volumes:
+    - .:/app
+  ports:
+    - "3000:3000"
+  links:
+    - elasticsearch
+  environment:
+    ELASTICSEARCH_URL: 'http://elasticsearch:9200'
+elasticsearch:
+  image: elasticsearch:1.7
diff --git a/lib/tasks/index.rake b/lib/tasks/index.rake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c66fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/index.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace :index do
+  desc 'Rebuild elasticsearch index for Paper model'
+  task rebuild: :environment do
+    Paper.reset_index!
+  end
+end