diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a955dd5d..15a3cc17 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,12 +1,26 @@
-FROM python:3.5
+FROM rethinkdb:2.3
 
 RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get -y install python3 python3-pip
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade setuptools
 
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app
-WORKDIR /usr/src/app
-
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 
 COPY . /usr/src/app/
 
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -e .[dev]
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -e .
+
+WORKDIR /data
+
+ENV BIGCHAINDB_CONFIG_PATH /data/.bigchaindb
+ENV BIGCHAINDB_SERVER_BIND 0.0.0.0:9984
+ENV BIGCHAINDB_API_ENDPOINT http://0.0.0.0:9984/api/v1
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["bigchaindb", "--experimental-start-rethinkdb"]
+
+CMD ["start"]
+
+EXPOSE 8080 9984 28015 29015