diff --git a/DockerFile b/DockerFile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c71f7ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DockerFile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+FROM pytorch/pytorch:1.12.1-cuda11.3-cudnn8-devel
+
+RUN apt update && apt install --yes git ffmpeg libsm6 libxext6
+
+# Create conda environment
+RUN git clone https://github.com/Stability-AI/stablediffusion.git
+
+WORKDIR /workspace/stablediffusion/
+
+# Overwrite the environment.yaml file
+COPY environment.yaml .
+RUN conda env create -f environment.yaml
+
+# Make RUN commands use the new environment:
+SHELL ["conda", "run", "-n", "ldm", "/bin/bash", "-c"]
+
+# Install xformers for memory efficient flash attention
+RUN conda install xformers -c xformers/label/dev
+
+RUN conda init bash
+RUN echo "conda activate ldm" >> $HOME/.bashrc
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diff --git a/environment.yaml b/environment.yaml
index 4687b30..bd4468a 100644
--- a/environment.yaml
+++ b/environment.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ channels:
   - pytorch
   - defaults
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.8.5
+  # Changed to Python 3.9 to make use of precompiled binaries for xformers
+  - python=3.9
   - pip=20.3
   - cudatoolkit=11.3
   - pytorch=1.12.1