diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..201598f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Python: Remote Attach",
+            "type": "debugpy",
+            "request": "attach",
+            "connect": {
+                "host": "localhost",
+                "port": 5678
+            },
+            "pathMappings": [
+                {
+                    "localRoot": "${workspaceFolder}",
+                    "remoteRoot": "/var/www/cts"
+                }
+            ],
+            "justMyCode": true
+        }
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13759f92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "Docker Compose Up",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "docker-compose up --build",
+            "problemMatcher": []
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "Docker Compose Down",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "docker-compose down",
+            "problemMatcher": []
+        }
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/coptic/.dockerignore b/coptic/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b1e1e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coptic/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+**/__pycache__
+**/.venv
+**/.classpath
+**/.dockerignore
+**/.env
+**/.git
+**/.gitignore
+**/.project
+**/.settings
+**/.toolstarget
+**/.vs
+**/.vscode
+**/*.*proj.user
+**/*.dbmdl
+**/*.jfm
+**/bin
+**/charts
+**/docker-compose*
+**/compose*
+**/Dockerfile*
+**/node_modules
+**/npm-debug.log
+**/obj
+**/secrets.dev.yaml
+**/values.dev.yaml
+LICENSE
+README.md
diff --git a/coptic/Dockerfile b/coptic/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0345c4f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coptic/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Base image
+FROM ubuntu:20.04
+
+# Environment settings
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Install key packages
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    apache2 \
+    apache2-dev \
+    chromium-browser \
+    git \
+    libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 \
+    default-libmysqlclient-dev \
+    build-essential \
+    pkg-config \
+    python3-pip \
+    redis-server \
+    redis-tools \
+    unzip \
+    xvfb \
+    && apt-get clean
+
+# Install Python dependencies
+COPY coptic/requirements.txt /var/www/cts/coptic/requirements.txt
+RUN pip3 install -r /var/www/cts/coptic/requirements.txt
+RUN pip3 install debugpy
+
+# Copy application files
+WORKDIR /var/www/cts/coptic
+COPY ./coptic /var/www/cts/coptic
+RUN mkdir -p /var/www/cts/coptic/scripts
+COPY ./scripts/ /var/www/cts/coptic/scripts
+
+# Apache configuration
+COPY ./ansible/roles/scriptorium/files/scriptorium.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
+
+EXPOSE 80
+# Environment variables for Django
+ENV DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE="coptic.settings.docker"
+# Command to start Apache
+CMD ["python3", "-m", "debugpy", "--listen", "0.0.0.0:5678", "manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
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diff --git a/coptic/README_Docker.md b/coptic/README_Docker.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3975c4e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coptic/README_Docker.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Developing with visual studio code
+
+```
+export SECRET_KEY="what you want"
+export GITHUB_TOKEN="what you need"
+docker compose build
+docker compose up
+code .
+```
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diff --git a/coptic/coptic/settings/docker.py b/coptic/coptic/settings/docker.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3cb61a35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coptic/coptic/settings/docker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+SECRET_KEY="what you want" # this is local development only
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
+
+# Application definition
+INSTALLED_APPS = (
+    'grappelli',
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'texts',
+    #'annis',
+    #'ingest',
+    'api',
+    'mod_wsgi.server'
+)
+
+MIDDLEWARE = (
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+)
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'coptic.urls'
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'coptic.wsgi.application'
+
+# Database
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
+        'NAME': os.environ.get('MYSQL_DB', 'coptic'),
+        'USER': os.environ.get('MYSQL_USER', 'coptic'),
+        'PASSWORD': os.environ.get('MYSQL_PASSWORD', ''),
+        'HOST': os.environ.get('MYSQL_HOST', 'db'),
+        'PORT': os.environ.get('MYSQL_PORT', '3306'),
+    }
+}
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+STATIC_ROOT = "/var/www/cts/coptic/static/"
+
diff --git a/coptic/requirements.txt b/coptic/requirements.txt
index 751c34ca..1de7b697 100644
--- a/coptic/requirements.txt
+++ b/coptic/requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 requests
-django
-django-grappelli
-beautifulsoup4
-selenium==2.45.0
-xvfbwrapper==0.2.4
-mod-wsgi==4.4.11
-celery==3.1.18
+django==2.2.13
+mysqlclient
+django-grappelli==2.13.1
+beautifulsoup4==4.8.0
+selenium==3.141.0
+xvfbwrapper==0.2.9
+mod-wsgi
+celery
 github3.py==1.3.0
-tqdm
diff --git a/coptic/requirements_django_2.txt b/coptic/requirements_django_2.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 4768448e..00000000
--- a/coptic/requirements_django_2.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-requests
-django==2.2.13
-django-grappelli==2.13.1
-beautifulsoup4==4.8.0
-selenium==3.141.0
-xvfbwrapper==0.2.9
-mod-wsgi
-celery==4.3.0
-github3.py==1.3.0
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c0e99a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+services:
+  web:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: coptic/Dockerfile
+    environment:
+      - DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=coptic.settings.docker
+      - MYSQL_HOST=db
+      - MYSQL_USER=coptic
+      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=your_mysql_password
+      - MYSQL_DB=coptic
+    command: ["python3", "-m", "debugpy", "--listen", "0.0.0.0:5678", "manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
+    volumes:
+      - .:/var/www/cts
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+      - "5678:5678"
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+  db:
+    image: mariadb:10.2
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root_password
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: coptic
+      MYSQL_USER: coptic
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: your_mysql_password
+    ports:
+      - "3306:3306"
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