diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+++ b/Dockerfile
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+
+# For more information, please refer to https://aka.ms/vscode-docker-python
+FROM python:3.9-slim as base
+
+FROM base as builder
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install gcc=4:10.* git=1:2.* -y \
+    && apt-get clean
+COPY requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt
+WORKDIR /app
+ENV PATH=/root/.local/bin:$PATH
+RUN pip install --user -r requirements.txt
+COPY . /app
+
+FROM base as app
+COPY . /app
+COPY --from=builder /root/.local /root/.local
+
+# # Keeps Python from generating .pyc files in the container
+# ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
+
+# Turns off buffering for easier container logging
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+# Access local binaries
+ENV PATH=/root/.local/bin:$PATH
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# During debugging, this entry point will be overridden. For more information, refer to https://aka.ms/vscode-docker-python-debug
+CMD ["python", "app.py"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3.4'
+
+services:
+  dsmr2mqtt:
+    image: dsmr2mqtt
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    restart: always
+    network_mode: host
+    env_file: 
+      - '.env'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4c4a89b..b1b6181 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,134 +1,6 @@
-appdirs==1.4.3
-asn1crypto==0.24.0
-astroid==2.1.0
-asttokens==1.1.13
-automationhat==0.2.0
-beautifulsoup4==4.7.1
-blinker==1.4
-blinkt==0.1.2
-buttonshim==0.0.2
-Cap1xxx==0.1.3
-certifi==2018.8.24
-chardet==3.0.4
-Click==7.0
-colorama==0.3.7
-colorzero==1.1
-cookies==2.2.1
-cryptography==2.6.1
-cycler==0.10.0
-decorator==4.3.0
-docutils==0.14
-drumhat==0.1.0
-dsmr-parser==0.21
-entrypoints==0.3
-envirophat==1.0.0
-ExplorerHAT==0.4.2
-Flask==1.0.2
-fourletterphat==0.1.0
-gpiozero==1.5.1
-guizero==0.6.0
-Homie4==0.3.5
-html5lib==1.0.1
-idna==2.6
-ipykernel==4.9.0
-ipython==5.8.0
-ipython-genutils==0.2.0
-isort==4.3.4
-itsdangerous==0.24
-jedi==0.13.2
-Jinja2==2.10
-jupyter-client==5.2.3
-jupyter-core==4.4.0
-keyring==17.1.1
-keyrings.alt==3.1.1
-kiwisolver==1.0.1
-lazy-object-proxy==1.3.1
-logilab-common==1.4.2
-lxml==4.3.2
-MarkupSafe==1.1.0
-matplotlib==3.0.2
-mccabe==0.6.1
-microdotphat==0.2.1
-mote==0.0.4
-motephat==0.0.2
-mypy==0.670
-mypy-extensions==0.4.1
-netifaces==0.10.9
-nudatus==0.0.4
-numpy==1.16.2
-oauthlib==2.1.0
-olefile==0.46
-paho-mqtt==1.5.0
-pantilthat==0.0.7
-parso==0.3.1
-pexpect==4.6.0
-pgzero==1.2
-phatbeat==0.1.1
-pianohat==0.1.0
-picamera==1.13
-pickleshare==0.7.5
-picraft==1.0
-piglow==1.2.5
-pigpio==1.44
-Pillow==5.4.1
-prompt-toolkit==1.0.15
-psutil==5.5.1
-pycairo==1.16.2
-pycodestyle==2.4.0
-pycrypto==2.6.1
-pydantic==1.5.1
-pyflakes==2.0.0
-pygame==1.9.4.post1
-Pygments==2.3.1
-PyGObject==3.30.4
-pyinotify==0.9.6
-PyJWT==1.7.0
-pylint==2.2.2
-pyOpenSSL==19.0.0
-pyparsing==2.2.0
-pyserial==3.4
-pyserial-asyncio==0.4
-python-apt==1.8.4.1
-python-dateutil==2.7.3
-python-dotenv==0.13.0
-pytz==2020.1
-pyxdg==0.25
-pyzmq==17.1.2
-qtconsole==4.3.1
-rainbowhat==0.1.0
-requests==2.21.0
-requests-oauthlib==1.0.0
-responses==0.9.0
-roman==2.0.0
-RPi.GPIO==0.7.0
-RTIMULib==7.2.1
-scrollphat==0.0.7
-scrollphathd==1.2.1
-SecretStorage==2.3.1
-semver==2.0.1
-Send2Trash==1.5.0
-sense-emu==1.1
-sense-hat==2.2.0
-simplegeneric==0.8.1
-simplejson==3.16.0
-six==1.12.0
-skywriter==0.0.7
-sn3218==1.2.7
-soupsieve==1.8
-spidev==3.4
-ssh-import-id==5.7
-tailer==0.4.1
-thonny==3.2.6
-tornado==5.1.1
-touchphat==0.0.1
-traitlets==4.3.2
-twython==3.7.0
-typed-ast==1.3.1
-uflash==1.2.4
-unicornhathd==0.0.4
-urllib3==1.24.1
-virtualenv==15.1.0
-wcwidth==0.1.7
-webencodings==0.5.1
-Werkzeug==0.14.1
-wrapt==1.10.11
+dsmr-parser
+Homie4
+pydantic
+pyserial
+pyserial-asyncio
+python-dotenv