diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 247dda6e..3ea85da3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@ system/devices/**
 !system/devices/readme.md
 !system/devices/Radius.php
 !system/devices/MikrotikPppoe.php
-!system/devices/MikrotikHotspot.php
\ No newline at end of file
+!system/devices/MikrotikHotspot.php
+/.vs
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27ff6115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Use the official PHP image with Apache
+FROM php:7.4-apache
+EXPOSE 80
+# Install necessary PHP extensions
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    libfreetype6-dev \
+    libjpeg62-turbo-dev \
+    libpng-dev \
+    zlib1g-dev \
+    libzip-dev \
+    zip \
+    unzip \
+    && docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-freetype --with-jpeg \
+    && docker-php-ext-install -j$(nproc) gd \
+    && docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql \
+    && docker-php-ext-install zip
+
+# copy contents into directory
+COPY . /var/www/html
+
+# Set appropriate permissions
+RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
+RUN chmod -R 755 /var/www/html
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /var/www/html
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6bd2619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+services:
+  nuxbill:
+    container_name: nuxbill
+    pull_policy: always
+    build: ./
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+    environment:
+       TZ: Africa/Nairobi
+    depends_on:
+      - mysql
+
+  mysql:
+    container_name: mysql
+    image: mysql:8.0
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "12345678"
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: "nuxbill"
+      MYSQL_USER: "nuxbill"
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: "12345678"
+    ports:
+      - "3306:3306"
+
+# skip data persistance (if dev testing)
+#     volumes:
+#       - mysql_data:/var/lib/mysql
+
+# volumes:
+#   mysql_data:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/install/step5.php b/install/step5.php
index bf44338c..5fc1cf97 100644
--- a/install/step5.php
+++ b/install/step5.php
@@ -13,8 +13,65 @@
     <link type='text/css' href='css/style.css' rel='stylesheet' />
     <link type='text/css' href="css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
 </head>
-<?php if (!file_exists('../pages')) rename('../pages_template', '../pages'); ?>
+<?php
+$sourceDir = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/pages_template';
+$targetDir = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/pages';
 
+function copyDir($src, $dst) {
+    $dir = opendir($src);
+    if (!$dir) {
+        throw new Exception("Cannot open directory: $src");
+    }
+
+    if (!file_exists($dst)) {
+        if (!mkdir($dst, 0777, true)) {
+            throw new Exception("Failed to create directory: $dst");
+        }
+    }
+
+    while (false !== ($file = readdir($dir))) {
+        if (($file != '.') && ($file != '..')) {
+            if (is_dir($src . '/' . $file)) {
+                copyDir($src . '/' . $file, $dst . '/' . $file);
+            } else {
+                if (!copy($src . '/' . $file, $dst . '/' . $file)) {
+                    throw new Exception("Failed to copy $src/$file to $dst/$file");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    closedir($dir);
+}
+
+function removeDir($dir) {
+    if (!is_dir($dir)) return;
+    $objects = scandir($dir);
+    foreach ($objects as $object) {
+        if ($object == '.' || $object == '..') continue;
+        if (is_dir($dir . '/' . $object))
+            removeDir($dir . '/' . $object);
+        else
+            if (!unlink($dir . '/' . $object)) {
+                throw new Exception("Failed to delete file: $dir/$object");
+            }
+    }
+    if (!rmdir($dir)) {
+        throw new Exception("Failed to remove directory: $dir");
+    }
+}
+
+try {
+    if (!file_exists($sourceDir)) {
+        throw new Exception("Source directory does not exist.");
+    }
+
+    copyDir($sourceDir, $targetDir);
+    removeDir($sourceDir);
+
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+    echo 'Error: ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+}
+?>
 <body style='background-color: #FBFBFB;'>
     <div id='main-container'>
         <img src="img/logo.png" class="img-responsive" alt="Logo" />
