diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..277e60f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+FROM python:3.8.10-slim
+
+# install dependencies for mysqlclient
+# RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade && apt-get -y install python3-dev default-libmysqlclient-dev build-essential
+
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+
+WORKDIR /home
+
+COPY classes classes/
+COPY cogs cogs/
+COPY utilities utilities/
+COPY highscores.py highscores.py
+COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
+
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# remove build deps that aren't needed to run
+# RUN apt-get -y remove python3-dev build-essential && apt-get -y autoremove
+
+CMD ["python3", "./highscores.py"]
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c884829..b6ee052 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: "3"
 services:
   sqldb:
     restart: unless-stopped
-    build: docker/MySql
+    image: mysql:latest
     container_name: "Highscores-DataBase"
     volumes:
       - highscores_data:/var/lib/mysql
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ services:
 
   bot:
     restart: unless-stopped
-    build:
-      context: ./
-      dockerfile: ./docker/Highscores_Bot/Dockerfile
+    build: .
     container_name: "Highscores-Bot"
     depends_on:
       - sqldb
diff --git a/docker/Highscores_Bot/Dockerfile b/docker/Highscores_Bot/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 29b5cca..0000000
--- a/docker/Highscores_Bot/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-FROM python:3.8.10-alpine3.14
-
-# need to install build dependencies
-RUN apk add --no-cache --update python3 mariadb-connector-c-dev \
-    && apk add --no-cache --update --virtual build-deps python3-dev g++ gfortran musl-dev \
-    libffi-dev openssl-dev mariadb-dev
-
-# upgrade pip
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip
-
-WORKDIR /home
-
-COPY classes classes/
-COPY cogs cogs/
-COPY utilities utilities/
-COPY highscores.py highscores.py
-COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
-
-RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
-
-RUN apk del build-deps
-
-CMD ["python3", "./highscores.py"]
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diff --git a/docker/MySql/Dockerfile b/docker/MySql/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bc61c2..0000000
--- a/docker/MySql/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-FROM mysql:latest
-
-COPY highscores_database.sql /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/
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diff --git a/docker/MySql/highscores_database.sql b/highscores_database.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from docker/MySql/highscores_database.sql
rename to highscores_database.sql