diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM alpine:latest
+
+RUN apk --update add python git && \
+    apk add snapraid --update-cache --repository http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing --allow-untrusted && \
+    git clone https://github.com/Chronial/snapraid-runner.git /app/snapraid-runner && \
+    chmod +x /app/snapraid-runner/snapraid-runner.py && \
+    rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
+
+RUN echo '0 3 * * * root /usr/bin/python /app/snapraid-runner/snapraid-runner.py -c /config/snapraid-runner.conf' > /etc/crontabs/root
+
+VOLUME /mnt /config
+
+COPY /docker-entry.sh  /
+
+CMD ["/docker-entry.sh"]
diff --git a/docker-entry.sh b/docker-entry.sh
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+#!/bin/ash
+# Ensures that configuration files for both SnapRAID and snapraid-runner are present
+# in /config. In reality, both files should be edited manually before running this
+# container to ensure correct operation.
+
+# test for /etc/snapraid.conf being a file and not a link, delete if file.
+if [ ! -L /etc/snapraid.conf ] && [ -f /etc/snapraid.conf ]; then
+    rm /etc/snapraid.conf
+fi
+
+# test if snapraid.conf is in /config, copy from /defaults/snapraid.conf.example if not.
+if [ ! -f /config/snapraid.conf ]; then
+    echo "No config found. You must configure SnapRAID before running this container."
+    exit 1
+fi
+if [ ! -f /config/snapraid-runner.conf ]; then
+    echo "No config found. You must configure snapraid-runner before running this container"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# test if link is made between /etc/snapraid.conf and /config/snapraid.conf, make if not
+if [ ! -L /etc/snapraid.conf ]; then
+    ln -s /config/snapraid.conf /etc/snapraid.conf
+fi
+
+/usr/sbin/crond -c /etc/crontabs -f
+