diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a8628d..2888e94 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -104,4 +104,7 @@ dist
 .tern-port
 
 # Docker generated files and folders
-data/
+letsencrypt/
+mysql/
+docker-compose.yml
+startup.sql
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3b5a4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+FROM node:15
+WORKDIR "/app"
+COPY package*.json ./
+RUN npm install --production
+COPY . /app
+EXPOSE 3300
+USER node
+ENTRYPOINT ["bash", "-c"]
+CMD ["sleep 10 && npm start"]
diff --git a/configure-script.js b/configure-script.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24d6b79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure-script.js
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+//setup
+const readline = require('readline');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const crypto = require("crypto");
+
+const uuid = (bytes = 16) => crypto.randomBytes(bytes).toString("hex");
+
+const rl = readline.createInterface({
+	input: process.stdin,
+	output: process.stdout,
+	terminal: false
+});
+
+//manually promisify this (util didn't work)
+const question = (prompt, def = null) => {
+	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+		rl.question(`${prompt}${def ? ` (${def})` : ''}: `, answer => {
+			//loop on required
+			if (def === null && !answer) {
+				return resolve(question(prompt, def));
+			}
+
+			return resolve(answer || def);
+		});
+	});
+};
+
+//questions
+(async () => {
+	//project configuration
+	const appName = await question('App Name', 'chat');
+	const appWebAddress = await question('Web Addr', `${appName}.example.com`);
+	const appPort = await question('App Port', '3300');
+
+	const appDBUser = await question('DB User', appName);
+	const appDBPass = await question('DB Pass', uuid());
+	const dbRootPass = await question('DB Root Pass');
+
+	const appSecretAccess = await question('Access Token Secret', uuid(32));
+
+	const supportEmail = await question('Support Email', 'example@example.com');
+
+	//generate the files
+	const ymlfile = `
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  ${appName}:
+    build:
+      context: .
+    ports:
+      - "${appPort}"
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.${appName}router.rule=Host(\`${appWebAddress}\`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.${appName}router.entrypoints=websecure"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.${appName}router.tls.certresolver=myresolver"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.${appName}router.service=${appName}service@docker"
+      - "traefik.http.services.${appName}service.loadbalancer.server.port=${appPort}"
+    environment:
+      - WEB_PORT=${appPort}
+      - DB_HOSTNAME=database
+      - DB_DATABASE=${appName}
+      - DB_USERNAME=${appDBUser}
+      - DB_PASSWORD=${appDBPass}
+      - DB_TIMEZONE=Australia/Sydney
+      - SECRET_ACCESS=${appSecretAccess}
+    networks:
+      - app-network
+    depends_on:
+      - database
+  database:
+    image: mariadb:latest
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: ${appName}
+      MYSQL_USER: ${appDBUser}
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${appDBPass}
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${dbRootPass}
+    networks: 
+      - app-network
+    volumes:
+      - ./mysql:/var/lib/mysql
+      - ./startup.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/startup.sql:ro
+  traefik_${appName}:
+    container_name: ${appName}_traefik
+    image: "traefik:v2.4"
+    container_name: "traefik"
+    command:
+      - "--log.level=ERROR"
+      - "--api.insecure=false"
+      - "--providers.docker=true"
+      - "--providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false"
+      - "--entrypoints.websecure.address=:443"
+      - "--certificatesresolvers.myresolver.acme.tlschallenge=true"
+      - "--certificatesresolvers.myresolver.acme.email=${supportEmail}"
+      - "--certificatesresolvers.myresolver.acme.storage=/letsencrypt/acme.json"
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+      - "443:443"
+    volumes:
+      - "./letsencrypt:/letsencrypt"
+      - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro"
+    networks:
+      - app-network
+networks:
+  app-network:
+    driver: bridge
+`;
+
+	const dockerfile = `
+FROM node:15
+WORKDIR "/app"
+COPY package*.json ./
+RUN npm install --production
+COPY . /app
+EXPOSE ${appPort}
+USER node
+ENTRYPOINT ["bash", "-c"]
+CMD ["sleep 10 && npm start"]
+`;
+
+	const sqlfile = `
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ${appName};
+CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS '${appDBUser}'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '${appDBPass}';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ${appName}.* TO '${appDBUser}'@'%';
+`;
+
+	fs.writeFileSync('docker-compose.yml', ymlfile);
+	fs.writeFileSync('Dockerfile', dockerfile);
+	fs.writeFileSync('startup.sql', sqlfile);
+})()
+	.then(() => rl.close())
+	.catch(e => console.error(e))
+;