diff --git a/professor-api/Dockerfile b/professor-api/Dockerfile
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+FROM alpine:3.14
+# dependencies needed for compiling c extensions
+# also busybox-extras for telnet for easier use of backdoor
+RUN apk --update add py3-pip g++ python3-dev libffi-dev musl-dev postgresql-dev file make busybox-extras
+
+# Install gevent so that we don't need to re-install it when common changes
+RUN pip install gevent
+
+# Install common lib first as it changes less
+COPY common /tmp/common
+RUN pip install /tmp/common && rm -r /tmp/common
+
+# Install actual application
+RUN apk add postgresql-dev postgresql-libs
+COPY professor-api /tmp/professor-api
+RUN pip install /tmp/professor-api && rm -r /tmp/professor-api
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["python3", "-m", "professor_api"]
diff --git a/professor-api/setup.py b/professor-api/setup.py
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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(
+    name = "wubloader-professor-api",
+    version = "0.0.0",
+    packages = find_packages(),
+    install_requires = [
+        "argh",
+        "psycopg2",
+        "gevent",
+        "psycogreen",
+        "wubloader-common",
+        "python-dateutil",
+        "flask"
+    ],
+)