diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f219db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: C++ Build
+'on':
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Build C++ project
+        run: |
+          docker build -t ci_cd_image .
+          docker run ci_cd_image
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2882f8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Use Ubuntu as base image
+FROM ubuntu:latest
+
+# Set non-interactive mode
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Update Ubuntu packages and install necessary dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    git \
+    cmake \
+    libeigen3-dev \
+    nlohmann-json3-dev \
+    libspdlog-dev \
+    build-essential \
+    zlib1g-dev\
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Install Libzip
+RUN git clone https://github.com/nih-at/libzip.git \
+    && cd libzip \
+    && mkdir build \
+    && cd build \
+    && cmake .. \
+    && make \
+    && make install
+
+# Install Google Test v1.12.1
+RUN git clone -b release-1.12.1 https://github.com/google/googletest.git \
+    && cd googletest \
+    && mkdir build \
+    && cd build \
+    && cmake .. \
+    && make \
+    && make install
+
+# Install mio
+RUN git clone -b master https://github.com/vimpunk/mio.git \
+    && cd mio \
+    && mkdir build \
+    && cd build \
+    && cmake .. \
+    && make \
+    && make install
+
+#setting the working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+#Copy the project to the container
+COPY . .
+
+#Run and build the project
+RUN mkdir build && \
+    cd build && \
+    cmake .. && \
+    make
+
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5809b04..2b77254 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,16 +3,31 @@
 The C++ implementations to the memory-mapped tractography file format.
 
 ## Installation
+
 ### Dependencies
+
 - c++11 compiler / cmake
-- libzip
-- nlohmann::json
-- Eigen3
-- spdlog
+- libzip (version 1.10.1 downloaded from https://libzip.org/download/)
+- nlohmann::json(version 3.11.3 cloned from https://github.com/nlohmann/json)
+- Eigen3(version 3.4.0 from https://eigen.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Main_Page )
+- spdlog(spd) [version: 1.13.0 cloned from https://github.com/gabime/spdlog)
 - GTest (optional)
+- mio (cloned from fhttps://github.com/vimpunk/mio/tree/master)
 
 ### Installing
+
 `cmake . && make`
 
 ## How to use
-COMING SOON
+
+* Install all dependencies (after either cloning github repo or downloading) using these commands
+  * `mkdir build`
+  * `cd build`
+  * `cmake ..`
+  * `make`
+  * `make install`
+* clone into this repo using `git clone https://github.com/tee-ar-ex/trx-cpp.git`
+* To run trx_cpp:
+  * `cmake -B build`
+  * `cd build`
+  * `make`
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 847dc83..0b252e5 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ find_package (Eigen3 CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(nlohmann_json CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(spdlog CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(GTest CONFIG REQUIRED)
+find_package(mio REQUIRED)
 
 enable_testing()