diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f32e70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+target/
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 549e00a..fd9355a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,3 +31,5 @@ build/
 
 ### VS Code ###
 .vscode/
+
+/.env
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa1f65f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+FROM openjdk:24
+COPY . /usr/src/app
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+RUN ./mvnw package -DskipTests
+ENTRYPOINT ["java","-jar","target/token_registration-1.0.0.jar"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 22c7bc4..8775984 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-# token_registration
\ No newline at end of file
+# token_registration
+to build run docker build -t leetcode-rs/recommendation . 
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0d9dd0b..1023741 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>com.leetcoders</groupId>
 	<artifactId>token_registration</artifactId>
-	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.0</version>
 	<name>token_registration</name>
 	<description>token registration service</description>
 	<url/>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<url/>
 	</scm>
 	<properties>
-		<java.version>17</java.version>
+		<java.version>22</java.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>