diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM debian:8.9
+MAINTAINER Zjeraar <zjeraar@palmweb.nl>
+
+ENV BOOST_BASENAME=boost_1_63_0 \
+    BOOST_ROOT=/tmp/boost  \
+    BOOST_URL=http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.63.0/boost_1_63_0.tar.gz/download
+
+RUN \
+  apt-get update && \
+  apt-get install -yq apt-utils && \
+  apt-get install -yq locales && \
+  apt-get install -yq build-essential && \
+  apt-get install -yq wget && \
+  apt-get install -yq git && \
+  apt-get install -yq cmake && \
+  apt-get install -yq g++ && \
+  apt-get install -yq curl && \
+  apt-get clean && \
+  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/* && \
+  dpkg-reconfigure locales && \
+  echo 'en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8' >> /etc/locale.gen && \
+  locale-gen
+
+WORKDIR /tmp
+
+RUN \
+  wget -O ${BOOST_BASENAME}.tar.gz ${BOOST_URL} && \
+  tar xzvf ${BOOST_BASENAME}.tar.gz && \
+  cd ${BOOST_BASENAME} && \
+  ./bootstrap.sh && \
+  ./b2 --prefix=${BOOST_ROOT} link=static install && \
+  rm -rf ${BOOST_BASENAME} && \
+  rm -f ${BOOST_BASENAME}.tar.gz && \
+  cd .. && \
+  mkdir app
+
+ADD ./ /tmp/app
+
+RUN \
+  cd app && \
+  git submodule update --init --recursive && \
+  cmake -DBOOST_ROOT=${BOOST_ROOT} -G "Unix Makefiles" && \
+  make rai_node && \
+  cp rai_node /usr/local/bin/rai_node &&  \
+  ln -s /usr/local/bin/rai_node /usr/bin/rai_node && \
+  cd .. && \
+  rm -rf app && \
+  rm -rf ${BOOST_ROOT}
+
+ADD ./docker_init.sh /usr/local/bin/rai_node_init.sh
+
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/rai_node_init.sh
+
+WORKDIR /root
+
+EXPOSE 7075 7076
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/usr/local/bin/rai_node_init.sh"]
diff --git a/docker_init.sh b/docker_init.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+DATA_DIRECTORY="/root/RaiBlocks"
+
+# check if data directory exist
+if [[ ! $(ls -A "$DATA_DIRECTORY" 2> /dev/null) ]]; then
+  # this command is going to fail, but needed to initiate the data directory
+  /usr/local/bin/rai_node --daemon 2> /dev/null ||
+
+  echo "please ignore any errors above this line..."
+
+  # replace RPC address in config.json for docker
+  sed -i "s/\"address\": \"::1\"/\"address\": \"::ffff:0.0.0.0\"/g" "$DATA_DIRECTORY"/config.json
+fi
+
+if [[ $1 ]]; then
+  echo "executing command $1..."
+  exec $1
+else
+  echo "running rai_node --daemon..."
+  exec /usr/local/bin/rai_node --daemon
+fi