diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a1e047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FROM golang:1.21.12
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y git neovim make
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY go.mod go.sum /
+RUN go mod download
+COPY . .
+RUN make install
+ENTRYPOINT sh
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83ad519..2297e6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,4 +45,13 @@ make sandbox # creates the directory and copies over from ~/.config
 make clean # removes directory
 ```
 
+### Docker
+You can also run the docker container that will set up a barebones shell for you
+to test dotctl with 
+
+```sh
+docker built -d dotctl-dev .
+docker run -it dotctl-dev
+dotctl status
+```
 
diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index 3417bf9..7b0a059 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func runInitCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
     log.Fatalf("Unable to create dotfile structure: %s", error.Error(err))
   }
 
-  _, err = fs.Create(path.Join(DotfilePath, "dotctl/config"))
+  _, err = fs.Create(path.Join(DotfilePath, "dotctl/config.yml"))
   if err != nil {
     panic(fmt.Errorf("Unable to create config file %w", err))
   }
diff --git a/test/init_test.go b/test/init_test.go
index 414e3eb..b7ff657 100644
--- a/test/init_test.go
+++ b/test/init_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TestInitCommand(t *testing.T) {
 
   homedir := os.Getenv("HOME")
 
-  _, err := afero.ReadFile(fs, filepath.Join(homedir, "dotfiles/dotctl/config")) 
+  _, err := afero.ReadFile(fs, filepath.Join(homedir, "dotfiles/dotctl/config.yml")) 
   if err != nil {
     t.Error(err.Error())
   }