diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75425f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM ubuntu:trusty
+
+# Install the prerequisites for this
+RUN sudo apt-get -y update
+RUN sudo apt-get -y upgrade
+RUN sudo apt-get install -y sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev python3 python3-pip
+RUN  pip3 install 'pyyaml>5.1'
+
+# Ensure that python runs everything as UTF-8 compatible
+ENV PYTHONIOENCODING UTF-8
+
+# Copy the project into the docker image
+COPY . /project
+
+WORKDIR /project/bin
+
+# Run the database creation script
+CMD [ "python3", "gendb.py"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44ef649..b374302 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,27 @@ limitations on concurrent writes won't be an issue either.
 
 ## Stop yacking and tell me how to generate the database from the YAMl!
 
-Ok!
+Ok! There are two ways of doing this; using Docker containers, and manually
+setting things up. If you just want to generate the database and use it, I'd
+recommend Docker, if you want to actively develop this repo the manual setup
+may be preferable.
+
+### Using Docker
+
+First you will need docker, you can set that up from [here](https://www.docker.com/get-started).
+
+The included Dockerfile is set up so that it will install the correct
+dependencies and run the database generation script. This will get you a
+generated database, and copy it into your working directory:
+
+```
+docker build -t pathfinder-2-sqlite -f .\Dockerfile .
+docker run --name pathfinder-2-sqlite-container -t pathfinder-2-sqlite
+docker cp pathfinder-2-sqlite-container:/project/tmp.db .
+docker container rm pathfinder-2-sqlite-container
+```
+
+### Manual Setup
 
 You'll need a working python3 installation and the module `pyyaml` installed. 
 
diff --git a/bin/gendb.py b/bin/gendb.py
index 9645050..45a70bf 100644
--- a/bin/gendb.py
+++ b/bin/gendb.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import pathlib
 
 
 DBFILE = 'tmp.db'
-DBOUTPUT_PATH = pathlib.Path().absolute().parent
-DATA_PATH = pathlib.Path().absolute().parent / 'data'
+DBOUTPUT_PATH = str(pathlib.Path().absolute().parent)
+DATA_PATH = str(pathlib.Path().absolute().parent / 'data')
 
 
 def main():