diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d6ce0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+FROM python:3.10.9-slim-bullseye
+COPY . /jellyfin
+WORKDIR jellyfin
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ac89c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+services:
+  ta-jf:
+    build: ./
+    environment:
+      - TA_VIDEO_PATH="/youtube"
+      - TA_URL="http://tubearchivist.local"
+      - TA_TOKEN="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
+      - JF_URL="http://jellyfin.local:8096"
+      - JF_TOKEN="yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy"
+#    volumes:
+#      - ./config.json:/jellyfin/config.json:ro
+#      - /youtube:/youtube
+    command: python main.py
diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index 5b3bb7e..36b777f 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -1,13 +1,28 @@
 """handle config file"""
 
 import json
+import os
 
 from src.static_types import ConfigType
 
 
 def get_config() -> ConfigType:
     """get connection config"""
-    with open("config.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        config_content: ConfigType = json.loads(f.read())
-
-    return config_content
+    
+    if os.path.exists("config.json"):
+        print("config.json file found, skipping environment variables")
+        with open("config.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            config_content: ConfigType = json.loads(f.read())
+        return config_content
+    elif "TA_URL" in os.environ:
+        print("Environment variables found, continuing")
+        data = {}
+        data['ta_video_path'] = os.getenv('TA_VIDEO_PATH', '/youtube')
+        data['ta_url'] = os.getenv('TA_URL')
+        data['ta_token'] = os.getenv('TA_TOKEN')
+        data['jf_url'] = os.getenv('JF_URL')
+        data['jf_token'] = os.getenv('JF_TOKEN')
+        config_content: ConfigType = json.loads(json.dumps(data))
+        return config_content
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("No config.json or environment variable found, exiting")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/connect.py b/src/connect.py
index b7ac72d..8365b19 100644
--- a/src/connect.py
+++ b/src/connect.py
@@ -100,11 +100,30 @@ class TubeArchivist:
 
 def env_check() -> None:
     """check if ta_video_path is accessible"""
-    if not os.path.exists("config.json"):
-        raise FileNotFoundError("config.json file not found")
+#    if not os.path.exists("config.json"):
+#        raise FileNotFoundError("config.json file not found")
+    if not CONFIG["ta_url"]:
+        raise ValueError("TA_URL not set")
+    else:
+        print("TA_URL =", CONFIG["ta_url"])
+
+    if not CONFIG["ta_token"]:
+        raise ValueError("TA_TOKEN not set")
+    else:
+        print("TA_TOKEN =", CONFIG["ta_token"])
+
+    if not CONFIG["jf_url"]:
+        raise ValueError("JF_URL not set")
+    else:
+        print("JF_URL =", CONFIG["jf_url"])
+
+    if not CONFIG["jf_token"]:
+        raise ValueError("JF_TOKEN not set")
+    else:
+        print("JF_TOKEN =", CONFIG["jf_token"])
 
     if not os.path.exists(CONFIG["ta_video_path"]):
-        raise FileNotFoundError("failed to access ta_video_path")
+        raise FileNotFoundError("failed to access ta_video_path", CONFIG["ta_video_path"])
 
 
 def clean_overview(overview_raw: str) -> str: