diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30c1193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+name: Build Docker Image
+
+on: 
+  push:
+    branches: 
+      - "main"
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths:
+      - 'docker/**'
+      - 'Dockerfile'
+      - '.dockerignore'
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+  COMMIT_SHA: ${{github.sha}}
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 1
+
+    - name: Log in to the Container registry
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3.2.0
+      with:
+        registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+        username: ${{ github.actor }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+      id: meta
+      uses: docker/metadata-action@v5.5.1
+      with:
+        images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+
+
+    - name: Build and push Docker image
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v5.3.0
+      with:
+        context: .
+        push: ${{ contains(fromJSON('["push", "release"]'), github.event_name) }}
+        tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+        build-args: |
+          BUILD_COMMIT=$COMMIT_SHA
+          BUILD_DATE=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 813f04d..27fd672 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 *.class
 *.prefs
-.*
 *~
 **/target/**
 *.afm
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 900c374..43b23be 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,14 +5,19 @@ WORKDIR /
 RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get install -y maven 
 
 COPY pdfact-cli ./pdfact-cli
+COPY pdfact-api ./pdfact-api
 COPY pdfact-core ./pdfact-core
 COPY resources ./resources
 COPY pom.xml .
 
 RUN mvn install -DskipTests
 
+EXPOSE 4567
+
 # Define the entrypoint.
-ENTRYPOINT ["java", "-jar", "/bin/pdfact.jar"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["java", "-cp", "/bin/pdfact.jar"]
+
+CMD ["pdfact.api.PdfApi"]
 
 # Build image.
 # docker build -t pdfact .
diff --git a/pdfact-api/pom.xml b/pdfact-api/pom.xml
index cb3cf3a..da130f7 100644
--- a/pdfact-api/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfact-api/pom.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
         <groupId>pdfact</groupId>
         <artifactId>pdfact-parent</artifactId>
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>pdfact-api</artifactId>
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@
             <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+            <version>1.7.36</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
@@ -48,4 +54,78 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
+ <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- Configure the assembly plugin to create an executable jar-file with
+      all dependencies -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4.1</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>build-api</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>single</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <archive>
+                <manifest>
+                  <mainClass>pdfact.api.PdfApi</mainClass>
+                </manifest>
+                <manifestEntries>
+                  <Multi-Release>true</Multi-Release>
+                </manifestEntries>
+              </archive>
+              <descriptorRefs>
+                <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
+              </descriptorRefs>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.root.dirs.bin}</outputDirectory>
+              <finalName>${project.basename}</finalName>
+              <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+              <attach>false</attach>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      
+      <!-- 
+        Configure the antrun plugin to create an executable resulting from the concatenation
+        of resources/stub.sh and the produced jar file. This will allow the jar-file to be
+        executable like a Linux executable file (without typing java -jar ...). 
+      -->
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.8</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>run</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <target>
+                <!-- Concat stub.sh and the jar file to ./bin/pdfact -->
+                <concat destfile="${project.files.executable}" binary="yes">
+                  <fileset file="${project.files.stub_sh}"/>
+                  <fileset file="${project.files.jar}"/>
+                </concat>          
+                <!-- Make the script executable. -->
+                <chmod file="${project.files.executable}" perm="755"/>
+              </target>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>11</source>
+          <target>11</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>
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