diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 117a47532..2cf892588 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-.git
-.idea
-node_modules
-*/samples*
-*/doc*
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+.dockerignore
+.env
+.git
+.gitignore
+.vs
+.vscode
+*/bin
+*/obj
+**/.toolstarget
+**/node_modules
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 971e981ed..000000000
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.0 AS build-env
-WORKDIR /app
-
-COPY . ./
-
-WORKDIR /app/src/dashboard/Elsa.Dashboard/Theme/argon-dashboard
-
-RUN apt-get update -yq \
-    && apt-get install build-essential -y \
-    && apt-get install curl gnupg -yq \
-    && curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | bash \
-    && apt-get install nodejs -yq
-
-RUN npm install
-RUN npm install --global gulp-cli
-RUN npm rebuild node-sass --force
-RUN gulp build
-
-WORKDIR /app
-RUN dotnet publish Elsa.sln -c Release -o out
-
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/aspnet:3.0
-WORKDIR /app
-COPY --from=build-env /app/out .
-ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "Elsa.Dashboard.Web.dll"]
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diff --git a/docker/ElsaDashboard.Samples.Monolith.Compose.yaml b/docker/ElsaDashboard.Samples.Monolith.Compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44dcfbec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/ElsaDashboard.Samples.Monolith.Compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+version: '3.7'
+
+services:
+
+    elsa-dashboard:
+        build:
+            context: ../
+            dockerfile: ./docker/ElsaDashboard.Samples.Monolith.Dockerfile
+        environment:
+            - ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Development
+            - Elsa:Http:BaseUrl=http://localhost
+            - Elsa:Smtp:Host=smtp4dev
+            - Dashboard:ElsaServerUrl=http://localhost:22174
+        ports:
+            - "22174:80"
+        depends_on:
+            - smtp4dev
+    
+    smtp4dev:
+        image: rnwood/smtp4dev:linux-amd64-3.1.0-ci0856
+        ports:
+            - "3000:80"
+            - "2525:25"
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diff --git a/docker/ElsaDashboard.Samples.Monolith.Dockerfile b/docker/ElsaDashboard.Samples.Monolith.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3154bdef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/ElsaDashboard.Samples.Monolith.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:5.0 AS build
+WORKDIR /source
+
+# copy everything else and build app
+COPY src/. ./src
+COPY *.props ./
+COPY Nuget.config ./
+WORKDIR /source/src/samples/dashboard/ElsaDashboard.Samples.Monolith
+RUN dotnet restore
+RUN dotnet publish -c release -o /app --no-restore
+
+# final stage/image
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:5.0
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=build /app ./
+ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "ElsaDashboard.Samples.Monolith.dll"]
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diff --git a/docker/ElsaDashboard.Samples.Monolith.Dockerfile.Build.cmd b/docker/ElsaDashboard.Samples.Monolith.Dockerfile.Build.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64f36651e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/ElsaDashboard.Samples.Monolith.Dockerfile.Build.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+docker build -t elsadashboard_samples_monolith -f ./ElsaDashboard.Samples.Monolith.Dockerfile ../
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diff --git a/docker/ElsaDashboard.Samples.Monolith.Dockerfile.Run.cmd b/docker/ElsaDashboard.Samples.Monolith.Dockerfile.Run.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9225b2b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/ElsaDashboard.Samples.Monolith.Dockerfile.Run.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+docker run -t -i -e ELSA__HTTP__BASEURL='http://localhost' -e DASHBOARD__ELSASERVERURL='http://localhost:6868' -e ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT='Development' -p 6868:80 elsadashboard_samples_monolith
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