diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e070ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.env
+node_modules
+dist
+dockercompose
+dockerfile
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8c0f08a..2fc2791 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 node_modules
 .env
-dockercompose.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
+dockercompose.yaml
+dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e69de29..0741ad5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+FROM node:18-alpine AS builder
+
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY package*.json ./
+RUN npm install
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN npm run build
+
+
+FROM node:18-alpine AS runtime
+
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY package*.json ./
+RUN npm ci --omit=dev
+COPY --from=builder /app/dist ./dist
+COPY --from=builder /app/static ./static
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
+EXPOSE 3000
+CMD ["node", "./dist/index.js"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bfd7c84..b2794a4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/express": "^5.0.3",
         "@types/node": "^24.0.4",
-        "@types/nodemailer": "^6.4.17"
+        "@types/nodemailer": "^6.4.17",
+        "typescript": "^5.8.3"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@mongodb-js/saslprep": {
@@ -1113,6 +1114,20 @@
         "node": ">= 0.6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/typescript": {
+      "version": "5.8.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-5.8.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-p1diW6TqL9L07nNxvRMM7hMMw4c5XOo/1ibL4aAIGmSAt9slTE1Xgw5KWuof2uTOvCg9BY7ZRi+GaF+7sfgPeQ==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "bin": {
+        "tsc": "bin/tsc",
+        "tsserver": "bin/tsserver"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=14.17"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/undici-types": {
       "version": "7.8.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici-types/-/undici-types-7.8.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f500c25..7c56084 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/express": "^5.0.3",
     "@types/node": "^24.0.4",
-    "@types/nodemailer": "^6.4.17"
+    "@types/nodemailer": "^6.4.17",
+    "typescript": "^5.8.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/formHandler.ts b/src/formHandler.ts
index fe6db97..d4ea25e 100644
--- a/src/formHandler.ts
+++ b/src/formHandler.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import nodemailer from 'nodemailer';
 import type { Transporter, SendMailOptions } from 'nodemailer';
-import { Report, Report as ReportSchema } from './models/report';
+import { Report, Report as ReportSchema } from './models/report.js';
 
 export interface Fault {
     coach: string;
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export interface Report {
     faults: Fault[];
 }
 
-export async function handleFormData(data) {
+export async function handleFormData(data: any) {
     // Uploads form data to database and emails
     // to defined subscribers.
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 21ea8a8..ffbcc88 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import express, { Request, Response } from "express";
-import { handleFormData } from "./formHandler";
-import { initDb } from "./database";
+import { handleFormData } from "./formHandler.js";
+import { initDb } from "./database.js";
 
 const app = express();
 const port = process.env.port || 3000;
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad9bca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2022",
+    "module": "ES2020",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "strict": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "removeComments": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*"]
+}