diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+++ b/.dockerignore
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+node_modules
+package-lock.json
+
+# ignore all of whosonfirst/dictionaries
+resources/whosonfirst/dictionaries/*/*.txt
+
+# whitelist certain files
+!resources/whosonfirst/dictionaries/country/wof:country.txt
+!resources/whosonfirst/dictionaries/country/wof:shortcode.txt
+!resources/whosonfirst/dictionaries/country/name:eng_x_preferred.txt
+!resources/whosonfirst/dictionaries/dependency/wof:shortcode.txt
+!resources/whosonfirst/dictionaries/dependency/name:eng_x_preferred.txt
+!resources/whosonfirst/dictionaries/region/wof:shortcode.txt
+!resources/whosonfirst/dictionaries/region/name:eng_x_preferred.txt
+!resources/whosonfirst/dictionaries/region/abrv:eng_x_preferred.txt
+!resources/whosonfirst/dictionaries/locality/name:eng_x_preferred.txt
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+++ b/Dockerfile
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+# base image
+FROM pelias/baseimage
+
+# change working dir
+ENV WORKDIR /code/pelias/parser
+WORKDIR ${WORKDIR}
+
+# copy package.json first to prevent npm install being rerun when only code changes
+COPY ./package.json ${WORK}
+RUN npm install
+
+# copy code from local checkout
+ADD . ${WORKDIR}
+
+USER pelias
+
+CMD [ "node", "./server/http.js" ]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+++ b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '2'
+services:
+  parser:
+    image: mapzen/pelias-parser
+    build: .
+    restart: always
+    environment: [ "PORT=3000" ]
+    ports: [ "6800:3000" ]