diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-image.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-image.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-image.yml
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+# Taken from: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/publishing-packages/publishing-docker-images
+name: Create and publish a Docker image
+
+# Configures this workflow to run every time a change is pushed to the branch called `release`.
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+
+# Defines two custom environment variables for the workflow. These are used for the Container registry domain, and a name for the Docker image that this workflow builds.
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+# There is a single job in this workflow. It's configured to run on the latest available version of Ubuntu.
+jobs:
+  build-and-push-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Sets the permissions granted to the `GITHUB_TOKEN` for the actions in this job.
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      # Uses the `docker/login-action` action to log in to the Container registry registry using the account and password that will publish the packages. Once published, the packages are scoped to the account defined here.
+      - name: Log in to the Container registry
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      # This step uses [docker/metadata-action](https://github.com/docker/metadata-action#about) to extract tags and labels that will be applied to the specified image. The `id` "meta" allows the output of this step to be referenced in a subsequent step. The `images` value provides the base name for the tags and labels.
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          tags: |
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=ref,event=pr
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
+      # This step uses the `docker/build-push-action` action to build the image, based on your repository's `Dockerfile`. If the build succeeds, it pushes the image to GitHub Packages.
+      # It uses the `context` parameter to define the build's context as the set of files located in the specified path. For more information, see "[Usage](https://github.com/docker/build-push-action#usage)" in the README of the `docker/build-push-action` repository.
+      # It uses the `tags` and `labels` parameters to tag and label the image with the output from the "meta" step.
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: .
+          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: |
+            ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+            org.opencontainers.image.title=Managebot
+            org.opencontainers.image.description=just a little project i'm working on that allows you to view and manage your docker containers from discord.
+            org.opencontainers.image.vendor=xdFNLeaks
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+++ b/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.11 as builder
+RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg
+RUN install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
+RUN curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+RUN chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+RUN echo \
+  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian \
+  $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
+  tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get -y install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
+
+FROM builder as pythonsetup
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+RUN pip install -U py-cord --pre
+
+FROM pythonsetup
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+COPY "bot.py" .
+VOLUME [ "/var/run/docker.sock" ]
+VOLUME [ "/usr/src/app/config" ]
+CMD [ "python", "./bot.py" ]
diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 1b1f954..e210e29 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 bot = discord.Bot()
 
-with open("config.json", "r") as config_file:
+with open("config/config.json", "r") as config_file:
     config = json.load(config_file)
 
 def get_current_time():
diff --git a/compose.build.yaml b/compose.build.yaml
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+++ b/compose.build.yaml
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+version: "3.3"
+services:
+  managebot:
+    container_name: managebot
+    privileged: true
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    volumes:
+      - ./config:/usr/src/app/config
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
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+++ b/compose.yaml
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+version: "3.3"
+services:
+  managebot:
+    container_name: managebot
+    privileged: true
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    image: "ghcr.io/xdFNLeaks/managebot:latest"
+    volumes:
+      - ./config:/usr/src/app/config
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
diff --git a/config.json b/config/config.json
similarity index 100%
rename from config.json
rename to config/config.json