diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_push_docker.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_push_docker.yaml
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+
+name: Docker Image Publish
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "alignments" ]
+    # Publish semver tags as releases.
+    tags: [ 'v*.*.*' ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "alignments" ]
+
+env:
+  # Use docker.io for Docker Hub if empty
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  # github.repository as <account>/<repo>
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY }}
+
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+      # This is used to complete the identity challenge
+      # with sigstore/fulcio when running outside of PRs.
+      id-token: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      # Install the cosign tool except on PR
+      # https://github.com/sigstore/cosign-installer
+      - name: Install cosign
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@f3c664df7af409cb4873aa5068053ba9d61a57b6 #v2.6.0
+        with:
+          cosign-release: 'v1.11.0'
+
+
+      # Workaround: https://github.com/docker/build-push-action/issues/461
+      - name: Setup Docker buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+
+      # Login against a Docker registry except on PR
+      # https://github.com/docker/login-action
+      - name: Log into registry ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        uses: docker/login-action@28218f9b04b4f3f62068d7b6ce6ca5b26e35336c
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      # Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+      # https://github.com/docker/metadata-action
+      - name: Extract Docker metadata
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@98669ae865ea3cffbcbaa878cf57c20bbf1c6c38
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+
+      # Build and push Docker image with Buildx (don't push on PR)
+      # https://github.com/docker/build-push-action
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        id: build-and-push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
+        with:
+          context: "{{defaultContext}}:src"
+          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }} # Don't push on PR
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          cache-from: type=gha
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# jupyter/scipy-notebook to build our image on top of it
+FROM jupyter/scipy-notebook
+
+LABEL Max Haeussler <max.haeussler@ibtb.uni-stuttgart.de>
+
+USER root
+
+# Install psycopg2 dependencies
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get -y install libpq-dev gcc python3-dev\
+    && pip install psycopg2
+
+# Install python libraries
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip \
+    && pip install git+https://github.com/PyEED/pyeed.git@alignments
+
+# Let's change to  "$NB_USER" command so the image runs as a non root user by default
+USER $NB_UID
+
+#Let's define this parameter to install jupyter lab instead of the default juyter notebook command so we don't have to use it when running the container with the option -e
+ENV JUPYTER_ENABLE_LAB=yes
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