diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bee8a64..8025bc0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 __pycache__
+*~
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..905c846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM ubuntu:20.04
+
+RUN apt update
+RUN apt install -y python3 python3-pip
+RUN pip3 install numpy theano
+
+COPY . /usr/src/dockertest
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/dockertest
+
+CMD ["python3", "test_network1.py"]
diff --git a/test_network1.py b/test_network1.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e79346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_network1.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import mnist_loader
+import network
+
+print("gathering data...")
+training_data, validation_data, test_data = mnist_loader.load_data_wrapper()
+print("data gathered.")
+net = network.Network([784, 30, 10])
+print("starting to train network")
+net.SGD(training_data, 30, 10, 3.0, test_data=test_data)