diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile.dev
similarity index 82%
rename from Dockerfile
rename to Dockerfile.dev
index de337a79f..f95f6a4bc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:20-slim AS base
+FROM node:20.11-slim
 ENV PNPM_HOME="/pnpm"
 ENV PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
 RUN corepack enable
@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@ RUN turbo prune app-avatax --docker
 
 RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pnpm,target=/pnpm/store pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --filter=app-avatax
 
-# RUN pnpm dev --filter=app-avatax
 CMD ["pnpm", "dev", "--filter=app-avatax"]
diff --git a/apps/avatax/README.md b/apps/avatax/README.md
index 190a4c311..29bfc6fe1 100644
--- a/apps/avatax/README.md
+++ b/apps/avatax/README.md
@@ -108,3 +108,17 @@ To start the migration run command:
 ```bash
 pnpm migrate
 ```
+
+### Running the app in docker
+
+To run the app in docker, you need to build the image first (run this command in the root directory of the monorepo):
+
+```shell
+docker build --tag saleor-app-avatax-docker --file Dockerfile.dev .
+```
+
+Then you can run the image (run this command in the root directory of the monorepo):
+
+```shell
+docker run -p 3000:3000 --env-file apps/avatax/.env saleor-app-avatax-docker
+```