diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b14b1d3b8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+FROM ubuntu:14.04
+
+# install couchdb
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install curl sudo git wget -y
+
+# install hospital run
+RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo -E bash -
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install nodejs -y
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+COPY . /usr/src/app
+RUN npm install -g npm && npm install -g ember-cli@latest && npm install -g bower
+RUN npm install
+RUN bower install --allow-root
+COPY ./server/config-example.js ./server/config.js
+
+RUN sed -i -e 's/URL="localhost"/URL="couchdb"/g' ./script/initcouch.sh
+RUN sed -i -e "s/couchDbServer: 'localhost'/couchDbServer: 'couchdb'/g" ./server/config.js
+RUN sed -i -e "s/localhost:5984/couchdb:5984/g" ./script/server
+
+EXPOSE 4200
+
+ENTRYPOINT ./script/initcouch.sh && npm start
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6293c41501..be3b211115 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ To start the frontend please do the following:
 - Start the server by running `npm start` in the repo folder.
 - Go to [http://localhost:4200/](http://localhost:4200/) in a browser and login with username `hradmin` and password `test`.
 
+## Running with Docker
+To run HospitalRun with Docker please do the following:
+- Goto [https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation) to download and install Docker.
+- Clone the repository with the command `git clone https://github.com/HospitalRun/hospitalrun-frontend.git`.
+- Change to the hospitalrun-frontend directory `cd hosptialrun-frontend`.
+- Build the HosptialRun image with `docker build -t hospitalrun-frontend .`
+- Execute `docker run -it --name couchdb -d couchdb` to create the couchdb container.
+- Execute `docker run -it --name hospitalrun-frontend -p 4200:4200 --link couchdb:couchdb -d hospitalrun-frontend` to create the HospitalRun container.
+- Run the following command to get the ip of the docker machine that the image was created on `docker-machine ip default`.
+- Go to `http://<docker-machine ip>:4200` in a browser and login with username `hradmin` and password `test`.
+
 ### Troubleshooting your local environment
 Always make sure to `git pull` and get the latest from master.
 
diff --git a/script/initcouch.sh b/script/initcouch.sh
index cf61677218..ed764ae7c7 100755
--- a/script/initcouch.sh
+++ b/script/initcouch.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
+URL="localhost"
+PORT="5984"
+
 if [ -z "${1}" ] || [ -z "${2}" ]; then
-    HOST="http://127.0.0.1:5984"
+    HOST="http://$URL:$PORT"
     curl -X PUT $HOST/_config/admins/couchadmin -d '"test"'
-    SECUREHOST="http://couchadmin:test@127.0.0.1:5984"
+    SECUREHOST="http://couchadmin:test@$URL:$PORT"
 else
-    SECUREHOST="http://$1:$2@127.0.0.1:5984"
+    SECUREHOST="http://$1:$2@$URL:$PORT"
 fi
 curl -X PUT $SECUREHOST/_users/_security -d '{ "admins": { "names": [], "roles": ["admin"]}, "members": { "names": [], "roles": []}}'
 curl -X PUT $SECUREHOST/config