diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index da918c3..f388fcf 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM fedora:36-armhfp
+FROM fedora:36
 
 RUN  dnf -y update
 RUN  dnf -y install libgpiod-utils python3-libgpiod swig python2 python-setuptools python-devel python3-devel python-setuptools python3-setuptools unzip curl wget make gcc which git
@@ -15,7 +15,5 @@ RUN  if [[ -d "/usr/lib" ]];   then cp /usr/local/lib/lib*gpio.so.1 /usr/lib/;
 
 RUN  mkdir /src
 
-COPY fan.py /src
-
 RUN  mkdir -p /var/lib/node_exporter; \
      touch /var/lib/node_exporter/fan-metrics.prom
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bbf2b34..e251f27 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -135,6 +135,18 @@ view node-exporter metrics:
 # sudo tail -f /var/lib/node_exporter/fan-metrics.prom
 ```
 
+## build image and run container with docker compose
+
+An example to simply run the fan.py script can be found in `docker-compose.yaml`. To run it, type:
+```
+# docker compose up -d
+```
+
+Check the script output with:
+```
+# docker compose logs -f --tail 10`
+```
+
 ## Fan metrics using node-exporter, prometheus and grafana
 
 When the --node-exporter parameter is used, the fan.py script writes the following metrics every interval in /var/lib/node_exporter/fan-metrics.prom:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc1913b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  gpioexperiment:
+    image: gpio
+    build: .
+    container_name: gpio_experiment
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - type: bind
+        source: ./fan.py
+        target: /src/fan.py
+    command: /usr/bin/python3 -u /src/fan.py --verbose
+    devices:
+      - /dev/gpiochip0
+