diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+++ b/.dockerignore
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+**/__pycache__
+**/*.pyc
+**/*.pyo
+.git
+.gitignore
+.paperclip
+README.md
+DOKUMENTATION.md
+webui/cache/*
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+services:
+  xstream-webui:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: webui/Dockerfile
+    ports:
+      - "5000:5000"
+    volumes:
+      - ./webui/cache:/app/webui/cache
+    restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/webui/Dockerfile b/webui/Dockerfile
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+# Build context must be the repo root (docker compose sets this automatically)
+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install dependencies first for layer caching
+COPY webui/requirements.txt /app/webui/requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r /app/webui/requirements.txt
+
+# Copy plugin sources required at runtime
+COPY plugin.video.xstream /app/plugin.video.xstream
+COPY script.module.xstreamscraper /app/script.module.xstreamscraper
+
+# Copy the web UI itself
+COPY webui /app/webui
+
+WORKDIR /app/webui
+
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+CMD ["python", "app.py"]