diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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index 0000000..6d6d95a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+.git
+.gitignore
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+.Python
+.pytest_cache/
+.mypy_cache/
+.venv/
+venv/
+env/
+logs/
+history/
+models/
+tmp/
+client.png
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        ffmpeg \
+        sox \
+        libmagic1 \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY requirements.txt ./
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip \
+    && pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN mkdir -p /app/logs /app/history
+
+EXPOSE 5042
+
+CMD ["python", "server.py", "--config", "config.docker.json"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c815ed..64ab736 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,6 +63,56 @@ pip install -r requirements.txt
 python server.py
 ```
 
+## Docker
+
+The repository now includes a container setup for running the API in Docker.
+
+### What gets mounted
+
+- `./config.docker.json` -> `/app/config.docker.json`
+- `./logs` -> `/app/logs`
+- `./history` -> `/app/history`
+- `./models` -> `/models`
+
+Place your Whisper model inside `./models/whisper` or update `model_path` in `config.docker.json`.
+
+### Build and run with Docker Compose
+
+```bash
+docker compose up --build
+```
+
+The API will be available at:
+
+```text
+http://localhost:5042
+```
+
+### Build and run with plain Docker
+
+```bash
+docker build -t whisper-api-server .
+docker run --rm -p 5042:5042 \
+  -v "$(pwd)/config.docker.json:/app/config.docker.json:ro" \
+  -v "$(pwd)/logs:/app/logs" \
+  -v "$(pwd)/history:/app/history" \
+  -v "$(pwd)/models:/models" \
+  whisper-api-server
+```
+
+### GPU note
+
+The container image installs the same Python dependencies as the local setup, including CUDA-oriented PyTorch wheels on Linux x86_64. To actually use NVIDIA GPU acceleration at runtime, start the container with GPU access enabled in your Docker environment, for example:
+
+```bash
+docker run --rm --gpus all -p 5042:5042 \
+  -v "$(pwd)/config.docker.json:/app/config.docker.json:ro" \
+  -v "$(pwd)/logs:/app/logs" \
+  -v "$(pwd)/history:/app/history" \
+  -v "$(pwd)/models:/models" \
+  whisper-api-server
+```
+
 ## Configuration
 
 The service is configured through the `config.json` file:
diff --git a/config.docker.json b/config.docker.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..086ee85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.docker.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+    "service_port": 5042,
+    "model_path": "/models/whisper",
+    "language": "russian",
+    "enable_history": true,
+    "max_history_days": 30,
+    "chunk_length_s": 28,
+    "batch_size": 6,
+    "max_new_tokens": 384,
+    "temperature": 0.01,
+    "return_timestamps": false,
+    "audio_rate": 16000,
+    "norm_level": "-0.55",
+    "compand_params": "0.3,1 -90,-90,-70,-50,-40,-15,0,0 -7 0 0.15",
+    "device_id": 0,
+    "file_validation": {
+        "max_file_size_mb": 500,
+        "allowed_extensions": [".wav", ".mp3", ".ogg", ".flac", ".m4a", ".oga", ".aac", ".webm"],
+        "allowed_mime_types": ["audio/wav", "audio/mpeg", "audio/ogg", "audio/flac", "audio/mp4", "audio/x-m4a", "audio/aac", "audio/webm"]
+    },
+    "log_level": "INFO",
+    "log_file": "logs/whisper_api.log",
+    "request_logging": {
+        "exclude_endpoints": ["/health", "/static"]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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index 0000000..1d52586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+services:
+  whisper-api:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: whisper-api-server
+    ports:
+      - "5042:5042"
+    volumes:
+      - ./config.docker.json:/app/config.docker.json:ro
+      - ./logs:/app/logs
+      - ./history:/app/history
+      - ./models:/models
+    restart: unless-stopped