diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 5e8b390..08b73f1 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ logs/
 *.pyc
 __pycache__/
 *.h5
+.Trash-0/
+.ipynb_checkpoints/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 357fe2d..615e4af 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -28,8 +28,19 @@ RUN mkdir -p /acsmdc/data /acsmdc/figures /acsmdc/pipelines/params
 # Copy project files, excluding certain directories (handled via .dockerignore)
 COPY . /acsmdc
 
+# Copy and install dependencies from requirements.txt
+COPY requirements.txt /acsmdc/requirements.txt
+RUN conda run -n $ENV_NAME pip install -r /acsmdc/requirements.txt
+
 # Define volumes for excluded directories
 VOLUME ["/acsmdc/data", "/acsmdc/figures", "/acsmdc/pipelines/params"]
 
-# Default command: Run Conda shell so Python and Conda are accessible
-CMD ["/bin/bash"]
+# Add JupyterLab
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir jupyterlab
+#RUN pip install pipx
+#RUN pipx install renku
+# Add any other packages needed for JupyterLab
+#RUN pip install --no-cache-dir matplotlib scikit-learn
+
+# If you want to set JupyterLab as the default command
+CMD ["jupyter", "lab", "--ip=0.0.0.0", "--port=8888", "--no-browser", "--allow-root", "--NotebookApp.token='my-token'"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..205321f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+dash==2.17.1
+dash-bootstrap-components==1.6.0
+flask==3.0.3
+h5py==3.10.0
+matplotlib==3.8.4
+numpy==1.26.4
+openai==1.25.1
+pandas==2.2.2
+plotly==5.18.0
+requests==2.31.0