diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..749db005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+node_modules
+package-lock.json
+yarn.lock
+
+filebase
+db
+drop
+file_base
+logs
+mail
+docs/_site
+docs/.sass-cache
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index b53c72df..c09b7a5c 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:14-buster-slim
+FROM node:18-buster-slim
 
 LABEL maintainer="dave@force9.org"
 
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     lhasa \
     unrar-free \
     p7zip-full \
+    dos2unix \
+    && npm install -g npm@latest \
     && npm install -g pm2 \
-    && cd /enigma-bbs && npm install --only=production \
+    && cd /enigma-bbs && npm install \
     && pm2 start main.js \
     && mkdir -p /enigma-bbs-pre/art \
     && mkdir /enigma-bbs-pre/mods \
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 
 # sexyz
 COPY docker/bin/sexyz /usr/local/bin
+RUN dos2unix /enigma-bbs/docker/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh && apt-get remove dos2unix -y
 RUN chmod +x /enigma-bbs/docker/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
 
 # enigma storage mounts
diff --git a/docs/_docs/installation/docker.md b/docs/_docs/installation/docker.md
index a6959b81..f2f7affa 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/installation/docker.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/installation/docker.md
@@ -71,5 +71,9 @@ Customising the Docker image is easy!
 1. Clone the ENiGMA-BBS source.
 2. Build the image
 ```bash
-docker build -f ./docker/Dockerfile .
+docker build -t enigmabbs -f ./docker/Dockerfile .
+```
+3. Run the image
+```bash
+docker run -it -p 8888:8888 --name "ENiGMABBS" -v "$(pwd)/config:/enigma-bbs/config" -v "$(pwd)/db:/enigma-bbs/db" -v "$(pwd)/logs:/enigma-bbs/logs" -v "$(pwd)/filebase:/enigma-bbs/filebase" -v "$(pwd)/art:/enigma-bbs/art" -v "$(pwd)/mods:/enigma-bbs/mods" -v "$(pwd)/mail:/mail" enigmabbs
 ```