diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
index be4529b..ba40701 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ on:
 jobs: 
     app_deployment:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        env: 
+            IMAGE_VERSION: "1123"
+            IMAGE_USERNAME: theoafactor
         steps:
         - name: 'Checkout the repo'
           uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -30,6 +33,27 @@ jobs:
             ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ssh_key ubuntu@ec2-52-90-75-73.compute-1.amazonaws.com '
             
             sudo apt-get update
+
+            ## install docker 
+            # Add Docker's official GPG key:
+            sudo apt-get update
+            sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl
+            sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
+            sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
+            sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
+
+            # Add the repository to Apt sources:
+            echo \
+            "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
+            $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
+            sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+            sudo apt-get update
+            
+            sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
             
+            ## pull the image into the EC2 instance
+            sudo docker pull theoafactor/booksfinder:1123
+
+            sudo docker run -d -p 80:80 theoafactor/booksfinder:1123
             '
         
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diff --git a/ssh_test b/ssh_test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..345e6ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ssh_test
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Test