diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 3e3fec2..ae63c8c 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-**
-!target/*.jar
\ No newline at end of file
+.*
+examples
+target
+#!target/*.jar
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 48cc740..ea41fe2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ env:
 
 script:
 - mvn clean verify -Drevisison=$(date +%Y-%V)
-- docker build --build-arg MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY=${MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY} -t observabilitystack/geoip-api:latest -t observabilitystack/geoip-api:$(date +%Y-%V) .
+- docker build --build-arg MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY=${MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY} -t observabilitystack/geoip-api:latest -t observabilitystack/geoip-api:native -t observabilitystack/geoip-api:$(date +%Y-%V) .
+- ./test-native-image.sh
 
 before_deploy:
   - export TRAVIS_TAG=${TRAVIS_TAG:-$(date +%Y-%V)}
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ before_deploy:
 
 deploy:
   - provider: script
-    script: bash push-to-dockerhub.sh
+    script: ./push-to-dockerhub.sh
     on:
       branch: master
   - provider: releases
@@ -34,4 +35,4 @@ deploy:
     skip_cleanup: true
     body: Updated MaxMind GeoLite database as of ${TRAVIS_TAG}
     on:
-      branch: master
\ No newline at end of file
+      branch: master
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 85009be..afd230e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,15 +1,41 @@
-FROM openjdk:11.0.8
-ARG MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY
+# build stage
+FROM oracle/graalvm-ce:20.2.0-java11 AS builder
+ 
+ADD . /build
+WORKDIR /build
+ 
+# For SDKMAN to work we need unzip & zip
+RUN yum -y install unzip zip
+RUN \
+    # Install SDKMAN
+    curl -s "https://get.sdkman.io" | bash; \
+    source "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh" && \
+    sdk install maven && \
+    # Install GraalVM Native Image
+    gu install native-image && \
+    native-image --version && \
+    mvn --version && \
+    java -version && \
+    ls -la .
 
-# place app
-COPY target/*.jar /opt/geoip-api.jar
+# build image
+RUN source "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh" && mvn -P native clean package
+
+# run stage
+FROM centos:7.8.2003
+ARG MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY
 
 # download current maxmind databases
 WORKDIR /srv
-RUN curl -sSL "https://download.maxmind.com/app/geoip_download?edition_id=GeoLite2-City&suffix=tar.gz&license_key=${MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY}" | tar -xz && \
+#RUN apk add curl && \
+RUN yum install -y tar gzip && \
+    curl -sfSL "https://download.maxmind.com/app/geoip_download?edition_id=GeoLite2-City&suffix=tar.gz&license_key=${MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY}" | tar -xz && \
     ln -s GeoLite2-City_*/GeoLite2-City.mmdb .
 
+# place app
+COPY --from=builder "/build/target/geoip-api" /srv/geoip-api
+
 ENV CITY_DB_FILE /srv/GeoLite2-City.mmdb
-HEALTHCHECK --interval=5s --timeout=2s CMD curl -f http://localhost:8080/actuator/health
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=5s --timeout=1s CMD curl -f http://localhost:8080/actuator/health
 EXPOSE 8080
-CMD exec java ${JAVA_GC_OPTS} ${JAVA_OPTS} -jar /opt/geoip-api.jar
+CMD exec /srv/geoip-api
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e652b7b..7dd8915 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.3.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>2.3.4.RELEASE</version>
     </parent>
 
     <licenses>
@@ -63,8 +63,26 @@
         <!-- This build builds a docker image, there is no maven artifact to install or deploy -->
         <maven.install.skip>true</maven.install.skip>
         <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
+
+        <start-class>com.s24.geoip.GeoIpApi</start-class>
     </properties>
 
+    <!-- for spring-graal-native -->
+    <repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>spring-milestones</id>
+			<name>Spring Milestones</name>
+			<url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+	<pluginRepositories>
+		<pluginRepository>
+			<id>spring-milestones</id>
+			<name>Spring Milestones</name>
+			<url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
+		</pluginRepository>
+	</pluginRepositories>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
@@ -74,12 +92,14 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+            <!--
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                     <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
+            -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -89,10 +109,22 @@
 	        <groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
 	        <artifactId>micrometer-registry-prometheus</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!--
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-log4j2</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.experimental</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-graalvm-native</artifactId>
+            <version>0.7.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-context-indexer</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.maxmind.geoip2</groupId>
             <artifactId>geoip2</artifactId>
@@ -108,15 +140,51 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
     </build>
 
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>native</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.graalvm.nativeimage</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>native-image-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>20.2.0</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <buildArgs>
+                                -J-Xmx4G 
+                                -H:+TraceClassInitialization 
+                                -H:+ReportExceptionStackTraces
+                                -H:ReflectionConfigurationFiles=/build/src/main/resources/reflection-config.json
+                                -Dspring.graal.remove-unused-autoconfig=true 
+                                -Dspring.graal.remove-yaml-support=true
+                            </buildArgs>
+                            <imageName>${project.artifactId}</imageName>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>native-image</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/push-to-dockerhub.sh b/push-to-dockerhub.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/s24/geoip/GeoIpApi.java b/src/main/java/com/s24/geoip/GeoIpApi.java
index 0a88c71..8d8e0cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/s24/geoip/GeoIpApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/s24/geoip/GeoIpApi.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-@SpringBootApplication
+@SpringBootApplication(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 public class GeoIpApi {
 
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GeoIpApi.class);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/s24/geoip/web/GeoIpRestController.java b/src/main/java/com/s24/geoip/web/GeoIpRestController.java
index f411f62..4f07037 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/s24/geoip/web/GeoIpRestController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/s24/geoip/web/GeoIpRestController.java
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ public ResponseEntity<Void> handleKnownNotFounds() {
     /**
      * Lookup the geolocation information for an ip address.
      */
+
     @GetMapping("/{address:.+}")
-    public ResponseEntity<GeoIpEntry> lookup(@PathVariable InetAddress address) {
+    public ResponseEntity<GeoIpEntry> lookup(@PathVariable("address") InetAddress address) {
         return ResponseEntity.of(geolocations.lookup(address));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/reflection-config.json b/src/main/resources/reflection-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d02793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/reflection-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+[
+  {
+    "name" : "com.s24.geoip.GeoIpEntry",
+    "allDeclaredConstructors" : true,
+    "allPublicConstructors" : true,
+    "allDeclaredMethods" : true,
+    "allPublicMethods" : true,
+    "allDeclaredFields" : true,
+    "allPublicFields" : true
+  },
+  {
+    "name" : "com.maxmind.geoip2.model.CityResponse",
+    "allDeclaredConstructors" : true,
+    "allPublicConstructors" : true,
+    "allDeclaredMethods" : true,
+    "allPublicMethods" : true,
+    "allDeclaredFields" : true,
+    "allPublicFields" : true
+  },
+  {
+    "name" : "com.maxmind.geoip2.record.City",
+    "allDeclaredConstructors" : true,
+    "allPublicConstructors" : true,
+    "allDeclaredMethods" : true,
+    "allPublicMethods" : true,
+    "allDeclaredFields" : true,
+    "allPublicFields" : true
+  },
+  {
+    "name" : "com.maxmind.geoip2.record.Continent",
+    "allDeclaredConstructors" : true,
+    "allPublicConstructors" : true,
+    "allDeclaredMethods" : true,
+    "allPublicMethods" : true,
+    "allDeclaredFields" : true,
+    "allPublicFields" : true
+  },
+  {
+    "name" : "com.maxmind.geoip2.record.Location",
+    "allDeclaredConstructors" : true,
+    "allPublicConstructors" : true,
+    "allDeclaredMethods" : true,
+    "allPublicMethods" : true,
+    "allDeclaredFields" : true,
+    "allPublicFields" : true
+  },
+  {
+    "name" : "com.maxmind.geoip2.record.Postal",
+    "allDeclaredConstructors" : true,
+    "allPublicConstructors" : true,
+    "allDeclaredMethods" : true,
+    "allPublicMethods" : true,
+    "allDeclaredFields" : true,
+    "allPublicFields" : true
+  },
+  {
+    "name" : "com.maxmind.geoip2.record.Country",
+    "allDeclaredConstructors" : true,
+    "allPublicConstructors" : true,
+    "allDeclaredMethods" : true,
+    "allPublicMethods" : true,
+    "allDeclaredFields" : true,
+    "allPublicFields" : true
+  },
+  {
+    "name" : "com.maxmind.geoip2.record.RepresentedCountry",
+    "allDeclaredConstructors" : true,
+    "allPublicConstructors" : true,
+    "allDeclaredMethods" : true,
+    "allPublicMethods" : true,
+    "allDeclaredFields" : true,
+    "allPublicFields" : true
+  },
+  {
+    "name" : "com.maxmind.geoip2.record.Subdivision",
+    "allDeclaredConstructors" : true,
+    "allPublicConstructors" : true,
+    "allDeclaredMethods" : true,
+    "allPublicMethods" : true,
+    "allDeclaredFields" : true,
+    "allPublicFields" : true
+  },
+  {
+    "name" : "com.maxmind.geoip2.record.Traits",
+    "allDeclaredConstructors" : true,
+    "allPublicConstructors" : true,
+    "allDeclaredMethods" : true,
+    "allPublicMethods" : true,
+    "allDeclaredFields" : true,
+    "allPublicFields" : true
+  },
+  {
+    "name" : "com.maxmind.geoip2.NetworkDeserializer",
+    "allDeclaredConstructors" : true,
+    "allPublicConstructors" : true,
+    "allDeclaredMethods" : true,
+    "allPublicMethods" : true,
+    "allDeclaredFields" : true,
+    "allPublicFields" : true
+  }
+]
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test-native-image.sh b/test-native-image.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..74093d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-native-image.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# clean up after test
+function shutdown {
+  docker rm -f geoip-native-test
+}
+trap shutdown EXIT
+
+# launch docker
+docker run -dp 18080:8080 --name geoip-native-test observabilitystack/geoip-api:native
+sleep 1
+
+# execute some curls
+curl -fso /dev/null "http://localhost:18080/actuator"
+curl -fso /dev/null "http://localhost:18080/actuator/health"
+curl -fso /dev/null "http://localhost:18080/actuator/prometheus"
+curl -fso /dev/null "http://localhost:18080/$(curl -s https://ifconfig.me/ip)"
+curl -fso /dev/null "http://localhost:18080/8.8.4.4"
+curl -fso /dev/null "http://localhost:18080/8.8.8.8"
+curl -fso /dev/null "http://localhost:18080/206.80.238.253"
+curl -fso /dev/null "http://localhost:18080/2.161.45.64"
+curl -fso /dev/null "http://localhost:18080/5.4.55.34"