diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
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+build_image:
+  image: docker
+  stage: build
+  services:
+    - docker:dind
+  script:
+    - echo $CI_REGISTRY_USER
+    - echo $CI_REGISTRY
+    - docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER -p $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD $CI_REGISTRY
+    - docker build --no-cache -t $CI_REGISTRY/jafner/calibre-web/calibre-web:$CI_COMMIT_SHA -t $CI_REGISTRY/jafner/calibre-web/calibre-web:latest .
+    - docker push $CI_REGISTRY/jafner/calibre-web/calibre-web --all-tags
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM ghcr.io/linuxserver/baseimage-ubuntu:focal
+
+RUN \
+  echo "**** install build packages ****" && \
+  apt-get update && \
+  apt-get install -y \
+    git \
+    libldap2-dev \
+    libsasl2-dev \
+    python3-pip
+
+RUN \
+  echo "**** install runtime packages ****" && \
+  apt-get install -y \
+    imagemagick \
+    libnss3 \
+    libxcomposite1 \
+    libxi6 \
+    libxslt1.1 \
+    libldap-2.4-2 \
+    libsasl2-2 \
+    libxrandr2 \
+    python3-minimal \
+    python3-pkg-resources \
+    unrar
+
+RUN \
+  echo "**** install kepubify ****" && \
+  if [ -z ${KEPUBIFY_RELEASE+x} ]; then \
+    KEPUBIFY_RELEASE=$(curl -sX GET "https://api.github.com/repos/pgaskin/kepubify/releases/latest" \
+      | awk '/tag_name/{print $4;exit}' FS='[""]'); \
+  fi && \
+  curl -o \
+    /usr/bin/kepubify -L \
+    https://github.com/pgaskin/kepubify/releases/download/${KEPUBIFY_RELEASE}/kepubify-linux-64bit
+
+RUN \
+  echo "**** install calibre-web (a worse way than LSIO's method) ****" && \
+  # this is my lazy alternative to lsio's pretty one:
+  git clone https://gitlab.jafner.net/Jafner/calibre-web.git /app/calibre-web && \
+  cd /app/calibre-web && \
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir -U \
+    pip && \
+  pip install --no-cache-dir -U --ignore-installed --find-links https://wheel-index.linuxserver.io/ubuntu/ -r \
+    requirements.txt -r \
+    optional-requirements.txt
+
+RUN \
+  echo "**** cleanup ****" && \
+  apt-get -y purge \
+    git \
+    libldap2-dev \
+    libsasl2-dev \
+    python3-pip && \
+  apt-get -y autoremove && \
+  rm -rf \
+    /tmp/* \
+    /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    /var/tmp/* \
+    /root/.cache
+    
+# add local files
+COPY root/ /
+
+# ports and volumes
+EXPOSE 8083
+VOLUME /config