diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c39a43be..311d0af4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 FROM ubuntu:20.04
 ENV TZ=america/central
+COPY tdb-dockerfile.toml $HOME/tdb.toml
 RUN \
     ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ >/etc/timezone && \
     apt-get update && apt-get install git curl build-essential -y && \
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ RUN \
     $HOME/.cargo/bin/rustup self uninstall -y && \
     cp -f target/release/tdb /usr/local/bin
 
-CMD ["tdb"]
+CMD ["tdb -c $HOME/tdb.toml"]
 
 EXPOSE 2003/tcp
 
diff --git a/tdb-dockerfile.toml b/tdb-dockerfile.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4cbefa2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tdb-dockerfile.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# This file is to be used by the docker container
+[server]
+host = "0.0.0.0"
+port = 2003
+noart = false
\ No newline at end of file