diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 485dee64..d1eab807 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1 +1,54 @@
-.idea
+__pycache__
+*.ckpt
+*.safetensors
+*.pth
+*.pt
+*.bin
+*.patch
+*.backup
+*.corrupted
+*.partial
+*.onnx
+sorted_styles.json
+/input
+/cache
+/language/default.json
+/test_imgs
+config.txt
+config_modification_tutorial.txt
+user_path_config.txt
+user_path_config-deprecated.txt
+/modules/*.png
+/repositories
+/fooocus_env
+/venv
+/tmp
+/ui-config.json
+/outputs
+/config.json
+/log
+/webui.settings.bat
+/embeddings
+/styles.csv
+/params.txt
+/styles.csv.bak
+/webui-user.bat
+/webui-user.sh
+/interrogate
+/user.css
+/.idea
+/notification.ogg
+/notification.mp3
+/SwinIR
+/textual_inversion
+.vscode
+/extensions
+/test/stdout.txt
+/test/stderr.txt
+/cache.json*
+/config_states/
+/node_modules
+/package-lock.json
+/.coverage*
+/auth.json
+.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..adee0ed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "monthly"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_container.yml b/.github/workflows/build_container.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e118a1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_container.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Create and publish a container image
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Log in to the Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+          tags: |
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: ./Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b969cd0e..1172c795 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM nvidia/cuda:12.3.1-base-ubuntu22.04
+FROM nvidia/cuda:12.4.1-base-ubuntu22.04
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
 ENV CMDARGS --listen
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ RUN chown -R user:user /content
 WORKDIR /content
 USER user
 
-RUN git clone https://github.com/lllyasviel/Fooocus /content/app
+COPY . /content/app
 RUN mv /content/app/models /content/app/models.org
 
 CMD [ "sh", "-c", "/content/entrypoint.sh ${CMDARGS}" ]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index dee7b3e7..f724964d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-version: '3.9'
-
 volumes:
   fooocus-data:
 
 services:
   app:
     build: .
-    image: fooocus
+    image: ghcr.io/lllyasviel/fooocus
     ports:
      - "7865:7865"
     environment:
diff --git a/docker.md b/docker.md
index 1939d6fc..cd75d9f5 100644
--- a/docker.md
+++ b/docker.md
@@ -1,35 +1,99 @@
 # Fooocus on Docker
 
-The docker image is based on NVIDIA CUDA 12.3 and PyTorch 2.0, see [Dockerfile](Dockerfile) and [requirements_docker.txt](requirements_docker.txt) for details.
+The docker image is based on NVIDIA CUDA 12.4 and PyTorch 2.1, see [Dockerfile](Dockerfile) and [requirements_docker.txt](requirements_docker.txt) for details.
+
+## Requirements
+
+- A computer with specs good enough to run Fooocus, and proprietary Nvidia drivers
+- Docker, Docker Compose, or Podman
 
 ## Quick start
 
-**This is just an easy way for testing. Please find more information in the [notes](#notes).**
+**More information in the [notes](#notes).**
+
+### Running with Docker Compose
 
 1. Clone this repository
-2. Build the image with `docker compose build`
-3. Run the docker container with `docker compose up`. Building the image takes some time.
+2. Run the docker container with `docker compose up`.
+
+### Running with Docker
+
+```sh
+docker run -p 7865:7865 -v fooocus-data:/content/data -it \
+--gpus all \
+-e CMDARGS=--listen \
+-e DATADIR=/content/data \
+-e config_path=/content/data/config.txt \
+-e config_example_path=/content/data/config_modification_tutorial.txt \
+-e path_checkpoints=/content/data/models/checkpoints/ \
+-e path_loras=/content/data/models/loras/ \
+-e path_embeddings=/content/data/models/embeddings/ \
+-e path_vae_approx=/content/data/models/vae_approx/ \
+-e path_upscale_models=/content/data/models/upscale_models/ \
+-e path_inpaint=/content/data/models/inpaint/ \
+-e path_controlnet=/content/data/models/controlnet/ \
+-e path_clip_vision=/content/data/models/clip_vision/ \
+-e path_fooocus_expansion=/content/data/models/prompt_expansion/fooocus_expansion/ \
+-e path_outputs=/content/app/outputs/ \
+ghcr.io/lllyasviel/fooocus
+```
+### Running with Podman
+
+```sh
+podman run -p 7865:7865 -v fooocus-data:/content/data -it \
+--security-opt=no-new-privileges --cap-drop=ALL --security-opt label=type:nvidia_container_t --device=nvidia.com/gpu=all \
+-e CMDARGS=--listen \
+-e DATADIR=/content/data \
+-e config_path=/content/data/config.txt \
+-e config_example_path=/content/data/config_modification_tutorial.txt \
+-e path_checkpoints=/content/data/models/checkpoints/ \
+-e path_loras=/content/data/models/loras/ \
+-e path_embeddings=/content/data/models/embeddings/ \
+-e path_vae_approx=/content/data/models/vae_approx/ \
+-e path_upscale_models=/content/data/models/upscale_models/ \
+-e path_inpaint=/content/data/models/inpaint/ \
+-e path_controlnet=/content/data/models/controlnet/ \
+-e path_clip_vision=/content/data/models/clip_vision/ \
+-e path_fooocus_expansion=/content/data/models/prompt_expansion/fooocus_expansion/ \
+-e path_outputs=/content/app/outputs/ \
+ghcr.io/lllyasviel/fooocus
+```
 
 When you see the message  `Use the app with http://0.0.0.0:7865/` in the console, you can access the URL in your browser.
 
-Your models and outputs are stored in the `fooocus-data` volume, which, depending on OS, is stored in `/var/lib/docker/volumes`.
+Your models and outputs are stored in the `fooocus-data` volume, which, depending on OS, is stored in `/var/lib/docker/volumes/` (or `~/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes/` when using `podman`).
+
+## Building the container locally
+
+Clone the repository first, and open a terminal in the folder.
+
+Build with `docker`:
+```sh
+docker build . -t fooocus
+```
+
+Build with `podman`:
+```sh
+podman build . -t fooocus
+```
 
 ## Details
 
-### Update the container manually
+### Update the container manually (`docker compose`)
 
 When you are using `docker compose up` continuously, the container is not updated to the latest version of Fooocus automatically.
 Run `git pull` before executing `docker compose build --no-cache` to build an image with the latest Fooocus version.
 You can then start it with `docker compose up`
 
 ### Import models, outputs
-If you want to import files from models or the outputs folder, you can uncomment the following settings in the [docker-compose.yml](docker-compose.yml):
+
+If you want to import files from models or the outputs folder, you can add the following bind mounts in the [docker-compose.yml](docker-compose.yml) or your preferred method of running the container:
 ```
 #- ./models:/import/models   # Once you import files, you don't need to mount again.
 #- ./outputs:/import/outputs  # Once you import files, you don't need to mount again.
 ```
-After running `docker compose up`, your files will be copied into `/content/data/models` and `/content/data/outputs`
-Since `/content/data` is a persistent volume folder, your files will be persisted even when you re-run `docker compose up --build` without above volume settings.
+After running the container, your files will be copied into `/content/data/models` and `/content/data/outputs`
+Since `/content/data` is a persistent volume folder, your files will be persisted even when you re-run the container without the above mounts.
 
 
 ### Paths inside the container
diff --git a/requirements_docker.txt b/requirements_docker.txt
index 3cf4aa89..21883adf 100644
--- a/requirements_docker.txt
+++ b/requirements_docker.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-torch==2.0.1
-torchvision==0.15.2
-torchaudio==2.0.2
-torchtext==0.15.2
-torchdata==0.6.1
+torch==2.1.0
+torchvision==0.16.0