diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a009d9f..2e05adb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@
 # Hugo stuff
 public
 resources
+
+# from docker build
+_site
diff --git a/Dockerfile_hugo b/Dockerfile_hugo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06a4f48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile_hugo
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FROM debian:buster-slim
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get upgrade -y && \
+    apt-get install -y wget && \
+    wget https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v0.80.0/hugo_extended_0.80.0_Linux-64bit.deb -O hugo.deb && \
+    dpkg -i hugo.deb
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d20288b..3e8e1aa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,8 +5,17 @@ data.coop-website
 
 This is a [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/) project.
 
-Running locally
----------------
+Running with Docker
+-------------------
+
+In `docker-compose.yml`, we have specified a `serve` target which you can run locally like this:
+
+``` {.sourceCode .bash}
+docker-compose up serve
+```
+
+Running without Docker
+----------------------
 
 Go to [Hugo Github release](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases)
 and fetch the latest package for **hugo\_extended** for your system.
@@ -18,7 +27,7 @@ Example recipe
 
 ``` {.sourceCode .bash}
 # Fetch .deb from Github
-wget https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v0.80.0/hugo_extended_0.80.0_Linux-64bit.deb -O hugo_extended.deb
+wget https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v0.80.0/hugo_extended_X.Y.Z_Linux-64bit.deb -O hugo_extended.deb
 
 # Install package
 sudo dpkg -i hugo_extended.deb
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1a591c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+version: "3"
+services:
+
+  build:
+    build: 
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile_hugo
+    command: |
+      /bin/bash -c "
+        cd /code
+        hugo --destination _site/
+      "
+    volumes:
+      - .:/code
+
+
+  serve:
+    build: 
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile_hugo
+    command: |
+      /bin/bash -c "
+        cd /code
+        hugo serve
+      "
+    ports:
+      - "1313:1313"
+    network_mode: "host"
+    volumes:
+      - .:/code
+