diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc23bc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+kind: pipeline
+type: docker
+name: build-base-image
+image_pull_secrets:
+    - dockerconfig
+trigger:
+    event:
+        - cron
+    cron:
+        - base-image
+
+steps:
+    - name: build-base-image
+      image: plugins/docker
+      settings:
+          username: 
+              from_secret: docker_username
+          password:
+              from_secret: docker_password
+          repo: chill/base-image
+          tag: latest
+          target: chill_base_php
+          pull_image: true
+          cache_from:
+              - chill/base-image:latest
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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index 0000000..20e0c53
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+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+FROM php:7.4-fpm-buster AS chill_base_php
+
+ENV POSTGRES_VERSION 14
+
+# default UID for the PHP user
+ARG UID=1000
+ARG GID=1000
+
+RUN apt update && apt -y --no-install-recommends install wget gnupg  \
+   && wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc |  apt-key add - \
+   && echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ buster-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list \
+   && apt update && apt -y --no-install-recommends install \
+      libicu-dev \
+      g++ \
+      postgresql-server-dev-$POSTGRES_VERSION \
+      libzip-dev libzip4 unzip \
+      libfreetype6-dev \
+      libonig-dev `# install oniguruma, required for mbstring` \
+      libpng-dev \
+      libjpeg62-turbo-dev \
+      git \
+   && docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-freetype --with-jpeg \
+   && docker-php-ext-install -j$(nproc) gd \
+   && docker-php-ext-install intl pdo_pgsql mbstring zip bcmath sockets exif \
+   && pecl install redis \
+   && docker-php-ext-enable redis \
+   && apt remove -y wget libicu-dev g++ gnupg libzip-dev \
+   && apt autoremove -y \
+   && apt purge -y
+
+RUN { \
+    echo ""; \
+    echo "memory_limit = 512M"; \
+    echo ""; \
+    } >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/memory_limit.ini
+
+RUN { \
+    echo ""; \
+    echo "[Date]"; \
+    echo "date.timezone = Europe/Brussels"; \
+    echo ""; \
+    } >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/date.ini
+
+COPY --from=composer:2 /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer
+ENV COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1
+ENV COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1
+
+WORKDIR /var/www/app
+
+CMD ["php-fpm"]
+
+FROM chill_base_php AS chill_php
+
+# copy directories
+
+COPY ./bin    /var/www/app/bin/.
+COPY ./composer.* /var/www/app/
+COPY ./config    /var/www/app/config/.
+COPY ./migrations /var/www/app/migrations/.
+COPY ./public    /var/www/app/public/.
+COPY ./src    /var/www/app/src/.
+COPY ./templates /var/www/app/templates/.
+COPY ./translations /var/www/app/translations/.
+COPY ./vendor /var/www/app/vendor/.
+
+COPY ./.env /var/www/app/.env
+
+# import the manifest.json file
+COPY ./public/build/manifest.json /var/www/app/public/build/manifest.json
+
+ADD ./entrypoint.sh /.
+
+RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
+
+ENV PHP_FPM_USER=www-data \
+    PHP_FPM_GROUP=www-data \
+    COMPOSER_HOME=/var/www/app/.composer \
+    SESSION_LIFETIME=10800
+
+CMD [ "php-fpm" ]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index baaa1cc..f18c9f5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-# chill-recipe
+# Recipe for installing Chill (wip)
+
+Currently, contains only tools to build a base image.
+