diff --git a/.config/docker_environment.yml b/.config/docker_environment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8980f48a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/docker_environment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: ra2ce_env
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+  - nodefaults
+dependencies:
+  - conda-forge::python=3.10
+  - conda-forge::gdal=3.5.1
+  # from here some dragons 
+  - conda-forge::geopandas
+  - conda-forge::rasterio
+  - conda-forge::osmnx
+  - conda-forge::tqdm
+  - conda-forge::geopy
+  - conda-forge::momepy
+  - conda-forge::rasterstats
+  - conda-forge::ipywidgets
+  - conda-forge::pyarrow
+  # Install poetry 1.3.2 (1.4.*) gives issues.
+  # If this does not work then exclude it from the environment and install it manually
+  # with: conda install -c conda-forge poetry=1.3.2
+  - conda-forge::poetry=1.3.2
+  # install jupyterlab and notebook
+  - conda-forge::jupyterlab
+  - conda-forge::notebook
+  # install boto3
+  - conda-forge::boto3
+  - conda-forge::pandoc
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e2b1d693b..da29eaeff 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,20 +1,38 @@
-# 1. To build this docker run:
-# `docker build -t ra2ce`
+# Run with `docker build -t ra2ce .`
+FROM  mambaorg/micromamba:1.4-alpine AS full
 
-FROM python:3.10
+# ENV_NAME is starting a bash inm this environment 
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libgdal-dev
+ENV HOME=/home/mambauser
+ENV ENV_NAME=ra2ce_env
+ENV PYTHONPATH="/home/mambauser:$PYTHONPATH"
 
-COPY .config/docker_requirements.txt requirements.txt
-# The following step happens in the `workflow.yaml`
-# COPY hackathon/hazard_overlay_cloud_run.py ./scripts/run_hazard_overlay.py
+# Setting workspace vbriables
 
-RUN pip install numpy
-RUN pip install GDAL==3.5.1
-RUN pip install git+https://github.com/Deltares/ra2ce.git
+WORKDIR ${HOME}
+USER mambauser
+# RUN apt-get -qq update && apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends libgdal-dev libgeos-dev libproj-dev && apt-get -qq purge && apt-get -qq clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+COPY .config/docker_environment.yml pyproject.toml README.md ${HOME}/
+RUN mkdir -p ${HOME}/.jupyter
+COPY .config/jupyter/* ${HOME}/.jupyter
 
-CMD ["python", "/script/run_race.py"]
+# Creating ra2ce2_env
 
-# 2. Make sure you push it to the deltares containers
-# docker tag ra2ce containers.deltares.nl/ra2ce/ra2ce:latest
-# docker push containers.deltares.nl/ra2ce/ra2ce:latest
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+RUN micromamba create -f docker_environment.yml -y --no-pyc \
+    && micromamba clean -ayf \
+    && rm -rf ${HOME}/.cache \
+    && find /opt/conda/ -follow -type f -name '*.a' -delete \
+    && find /opt/conda/ -follow -type f -name '*.pyc' -delete \
+    && find /opt/conda/ -follow -type f -name '*.js.map' -delete  \
+    && rm docker_environment.yml
+COPY examples/ ${HOME}/examples
+COPY ra2ce/ ${HOME}/ra2ce
+
+# Installing notabook and Jupyter  lab
+# this is now in the docker_environment.yml
+
+# Expose the Jupyter port
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+# Start Jupyter Notebook
+CMD ["jupyter", "notebook", "--ip=0.0.0.0", "--port=8080", "--allow-root"]
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diff --git a/docs/docker_and_cloud/argo_deployment.rst b/docs/docker_and_cloud/argo_deployment.rst
index 6633a5172..f4a8a23cb 100644
--- a/docs/docker_and_cloud/argo_deployment.rst
+++ b/docs/docker_and_cloud/argo_deployment.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _argo_deployment:
+
 Deploying Argo Workflows with Helm on Amazon EKS
 ================================================