diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+# Files/directories ignored by the container when being built
+target
+#examples
+.github
+docs
+.git
+.gitignore
+CITATION.cff
+LICENSE
+README.md
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM maven:3.9.16-eclipse-temurin-26-alpine AS build
+
+WORKDIR /astor
+COPY . .
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.m2/repository mvn clean package -DskipTests -B
+
+FROM eclipse-temurin:26 AS astor_image
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    wget gnupg software-properties-common maven \
+    && wget -qO - https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/api/gpg/key/public | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/adoptium.gpg \
+    && echo "deb https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb $(awk -F= '/^VERSION_CODENAME/{print$2}' /etc/os-release) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/adoptium.list \
+    && apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        temurin-8-jdk \
+        temurin-11-jdk \
+        temurin-17-jdk \
+        temurin-25-jdk \
+        temurin-26-jdk \
+        # for the entrypoint
+        python3 \
+    && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY --from=build /astor/target /astor/target
+COPY docker-run.py /astor/docker-run.py
+RUN chmod a+x /astor/docker-run.py
+
+RUN chmod -R 777 /astor
+
+WORKDIR /astor
+ENTRYPOINT ["python3", "docker-run.py"]
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diff --git a/docker-run.py b/docker-run.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# docker-run.py
+import os
+import sys
+from itertools import batched
+from shutil import copytree, rmtree
+import glob
+
+INPUT_DIR = "/input-project"
+
+
+def astor_jar() -> str:
+    matches = glob.glob("/astor/target/astor-*-jar-with-dependencies.jar")
+    if not matches:
+        print("Astor jar not found in /astor/target")
+        exit(1)
+    return matches[0]
+
+
+def prepare_target_project() -> str:
+    if not os.path.isdir(INPUT_DIR):
+        print(f"No mounted project in {INPUT_DIR}. Use -v <project>:{INPUT_DIR}/<name>:ro")
+        exit(1)
+
+    entries = os.listdir(INPUT_DIR)
+    if len(entries) != 1:
+        print(f"Expected exactly one project mounted in {INPUT_DIR}, found: {entries}")
+        exit(1)
+
+    project_name = entries[0]
+    source = os.path.join(INPUT_DIR, project_name)
+    target = os.path.join("/astor", project_name)
+
+    if os.path.exists(target):
+        rmtree(target)
+    copytree(source, target)
+
+    return target
+
+
+# Allowed arguments. See docs/arguments.md
+ALLOWED_ARGS: set[str] = {
+    "javacompliancelevel",
+    "srcjavafolder",
+    "srctestfolder",
+    "binjavafolder",
+    "bintestfolder",
+    "resourcesfolder",
+    "mode",
+    "maxtime",
+    "maxGeneration",
+    "population",
+    "stopfirst",
+    "maxnumbersolutions",
+    "maxsuspcandidates",
+    "faultlocalization",
+    "maxmodificationpoints",
+    "flthreshold",
+    "regressionforfaultlocalization",
+    "packageToInstrument",
+    "skipfaultlocalization",
+    "skipfitnessinitialpopulation",
+    "scope",
+    "modificationpointnavigation",
+    "mutationrate",
+    "validation",
+    "tmax1",
+    "tmax2",
+    "overridemaxtime",
+    "testbystep",
+    "ignoredTestCases",
+    "savesolution",
+    "saveall",
+    "multipointmodification",
+    "pvariantfoldername",
+    "loglevel",
+    "logpatternlayout",
+    "jsonoutputname",
+    "parameters",
+}
+
+# Parameters that shouldn't be allowed as the container should deal with the hard work
+BLACKLISTED_ARGS: set[str] = {
+    "location",
+    "workingDirectory",
+}
+
+def build_command(argv: list[str], target_dir: str) -> list[str]:
+    args: list[str] = [
+        "java",
+        "-cp",
+        astor_jar(),
+        "fr.inria.main.evolution.AstorMain",
+        "-location",
+        target_dir,
+    ]
+    # We iterate the parameters as a batch, so we can catch the parameter's value
+    for pair in batched(argv, 2):
+        if len(pair) != 2:
+            print(f"Missing value for parameter: {pair[0]}")
+            exit(1)
+        
+        param: str = pair[0][1:]
+        if param in BLACKLISTED_ARGS:
+            # This parameter is related to the I/O directories which are already handled by the container
+            continue
+        elif param not in ALLOWED_ARGS:
+            print(f"An unknown parameter has been given: {pair[0]}")
+            exit(1)
+
+        args.append(pair[0])
+        args.append(pair[1])
+
+    return args
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    argv = sys.argv[1:]
+    if len(argv) == 0:
+        print(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} <parameters>")
+        exit(1)
+
+    target_dir = prepare_target_project()
+    command = build_command(argv, target_dir)
+    os.execvp(command[0], command)
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