diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 788c99e5..e620d89c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-image: continuumio/miniconda3:latest
+image: debian:latest
 
 before_script:
-- conda install -y pyzmq
-- pip install jupyter-book sphinxcontrib-bibtex
+- apt-get update && apt-get install -y pip python3-sphinx jupyter-notebook python3-anyio python3-greenlet python3-click python3-jupyter-server python3-sqlalchemy python3-latexcodec python3-nbclient python3-nest-asyncio python3-pybtex python3-pybtex-docutils python3-smmap python3-soupsieve python3-toml
+- pip install jupyter-book
 
 pages:
   stage: deploy
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18d74d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM debian:latest
+
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y pip python3-sphinx jupyter-notebook python3-anyio python3-greenlet python3-click python3-jupyter-server python3-sqlalchemy python3-latexcodec python3-nbclient python3-nest-asyncio python3-pybtex python3-pybtex-docutils python3-smmap python3-soupsieve python3-toml 
+RUN pip install jupyter-book
+
+RUN mkdir -p /root/documentation
+COPY * /root/documentation
+RUN cd /root/documentation && jupyter-book build .
+
+# TODO make build book accessible through a webserver