diff --git a/sonic.yml b/sonic.yml
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+version: "3.1"
+services:
+  sonic:
+    build:
+      context: ./sonic
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    stop_grace_period: 3m
+    volumes:
+      - "sonic:/var/sonic"
+    expose:
+      - "18544"
+      - "19921"
+    ports:
+      - "19921:19921"
+      - "19921:19921/udp"
+    networks:
+      - chains
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.sonic-stripprefix.stripprefix.prefixes=/sonic"
+      - "traefik.http.services.sonic.loadbalancer.server.port=18544"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.sonic.entrypoints=websecure"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.sonic.tls.certresolver=myresolver"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.sonic.rule=Host(`$DOMAIN`) && PathPrefix(`/sonic`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.sonic.middlewares=sonic-stripprefix, ipwhitelist"
+
+volumes:
+  sonic:
diff --git a/sonic/Dockerfile b/sonic/Dockerfile
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+# Running Sonic in Docker is Experimental - not recommended for production use!
+
+# Example of usage:
+# docker build -t sonic .
+# docker run --name sonic1 --entrypoint sonictool sonic --datadir=/var/sonic genesis fake 1
+# docker run --volumes-from sonic1 -p 5050:5050 -p 5050:5050/udp -p 18545:18545 sonic --fakenet 1/1 --http --http.addr=0.0.0.0
+
+FROM golang:1.22 as builder
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git musl-dev make
+
+RUN cd /go && git clone https://github.com/Fantom-foundation/Sonic.git && git fetch --tags && git checkout -b v2.0.1 tags/v2.0.1
+
+WORKDIR /go/Sonic
+
+ARG GOPROXY
+RUN go mod download
+RUN make all
+
+FROM golang:1.22
+
+COPY --from=builder /go/Sonic/build/sonicd /usr/local/bin/
+COPY --from=builder /go/Sonic/build/sonictool /usr/local/bin/
+
+COPY ./entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+
+EXPOSE 18545 18546 5050 5050/udp
+
+VOLUME /var/sonic
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["bash", "entrypoint.sh"]
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diff --git a/sonic/entrypoint.sh b/sonic/entrypoint.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ ! -f /var/sonic/initialized ]; then
+    echo "Initializing Sonic..."
+
+    # Add your initialization commands here
+    # Example:
+    # mkdir -p /var/sonic/data
+    # touch /var/sonic/config.json
+
+    wget https://genesis.soniclabs.com/sonic-mainnet/genesis/sonic.g.md5
+    GOMEMLIMIT=50GiB sonictool --datadir /var/sonic --cache 12000 genesis sonic.g.md5
+    rm sonic.g
+    
+    # Create the file to mark initialization
+    touch /var/sonic/initialized
+
+    echo "Initialization complete."
+else
+    echo "Sonic is already initialized."
+fi
+
+touch /var/sonic/initialized
+
+exec sonicd --datadir /var/sonic "$@"