diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 897944e..b9ee3ba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,13 +13,147 @@ outputs
 # VS Code
 .vscode
 
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+.pybuilder/
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+# .python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# UV
+#uv.lock
+
+# poetry
+#poetry.lock
+
+# pdm
+.pdm.toml
+.pdm-python
+.pdm-build/
+
+# PEP 582
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
 # Environments
 .env
 .venv
 env/
 venv/
+ENV/
 env.bak/
 venv.bak/
 
-# Jupyter Notebook
-.ipynb_checkpoints
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+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/
+
+# Cython debug symbols
+cython_debug/
+
+# PyCharm
+#.idea/
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..321f455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Base Python image
+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install build dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    build-essential \
+    gcc \
+    g++ \
+    zlib1g-dev \
+    libjpeg-dev \
+    libpng-dev \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Copy package files
+COPY . /app/
+
+# Install dependencies
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Install the package
+RUN pip install -e .
+
+COPY server.py /app/server.py
+
+CMD ["python", "/app/server.py"]
diff --git a/examples/docker_example.py b/examples/docker_example.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f229bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/docker_example.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+from agents.search import DuckDuckGoSearchTool
+from agents.docker_alternative import DockerPythonInterpreter
+
+
+test = """
+from agents.tools import Tool
+
+class DummyTool(Tool):
+    name = "echo"
+    description = '''Perform a web search based on your query (think a Google search) then returns the top search results as a list of dict elements.
+    Each result has keys 'title', 'href' and 'body'.'''
+    inputs = {
+        "cmd": {"type": "string", "description": "The search query to perform."}
+    }
+    output_type = "any"
+
+    def forward(self, cmd: str) -> str:
+       return cmd 
+
+"""
+
+container = DockerPythonInterpreter()
+
+output = container.execute("x = 5")
+print(f"first output: {output}")
+output = container.execute("print(x)")
+print(f"second output: {output}")
+
+breakpoint()
+
+print("---------")
+
+output = container.execute(test)
+print(output)
+
+output = container.execute("res = DummyTool(cmd='echo this'); print(res)")
+print(output)
+
+container.stop()
diff --git a/examples/dummytool.py b/examples/dummytool.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75edfd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dummytool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from agents.tools import Tool
+
+
+class DummyTool(Tool):
+    name = "echo"
+    description = """Perform a web search based on your query (think a Google search) then returns the top search results as a list of dict elements.
+    Each result has keys 'title', 'href' and 'body'."""
+    inputs = {
+        "cmd": {"type": "string", "description": "The search query to perform."}
+    }
+    output_type = "any"
+
+    def forward(self, cmd: str) -> str:
+       return cmd 
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diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebdc61d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import socket
+import sys
+import traceback
+import io
+
+exec_globals = {}
+exec_locals = {}
+
+def execute_code(code):
+    stdout = io.StringIO()
+    stderr = io.StringIO()
+    sys.stdout = stdout
+    sys.stderr = stderr
+
+    try:
+        exec(code, exec_globals, exec_locals)
+    except Exception as e:
+        traceback.print_exc(file=stderr)
+    
+    output = stdout.getvalue()
+    error = stderr.getvalue()
+
+    # Restore original stdout and stderr
+    sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
+    sys.stderr = sys.__stderr__
+
+    return output + error
+
+def start_server(host='0.0.0.0', port=65432):
+    with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
+        s.bind((host, port))
+        s.listen()
+        print(f"Server listening on {host}:{port}")
+        while True:
+            conn, addr = s.accept()
+            with conn:
+                print(f"Connected by {addr}")
+                data = conn.recv(1024)
+                if not data:
+                    break
+                code = data.decode('utf-8')
+                output = execute_code(code)
+                conn.sendall(output.encode('utf-8'))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    start_server() 
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diff --git a/src/agents/docker_alternative.py b/src/agents/docker_alternative.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b035c7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/agents/docker_alternative.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import docker
+from typing import List, Optional 
+import warnings
+import socket
+
+from agents.tools import Tool
+
+class DockerPythonInterpreter:
+    def __init__(self): 
+        self.container = None
+        try:
+            self.client = docker.from_env()
+            self.client.ping()
+        except docker.errors.DockerException:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "Could not connect to Docker daemon. Please ensure Docker is installed and running."
+            )
+        
+        try:            
+            self.container = self.client.containers.run(
+                "pyrunner:latest",
+                ports={'65432/tcp': 65432},
+                detach=True,
+                remove=True,
+           )
+        except docker.errors.DockerException as e:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to create Docker container: {e}")
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """Cleanup: Stop and remove container when object is destroyed"""
+        if self.container:
+            try:
+                self.container.kill() # can consider .stop(), but this is faster
+            except Exception as e:
+                warnings.warn(f"Failed to stop Docker container: {e}")
+
+    def execute(self, code: str, tools: Optional[List[Tool]] = None) -> str:
+        """
+        Execute Python code in the container and return stdout and stderr
+        """
+
+        if tools != None:        
+            tool_instance = tools[0]()
+
+            import_code = f"""
+module_path = '{tool_instance.__class__.__module__}'
+class_name = '{tool_instance.__class__.__name__}'
+
+import importlib
+
+module = importlib.import_module(module_path)
+web_search = getattr(module, class_name)()
+"""
+
+            code = import_code + "\n" + code
+
+        try:
+            # Connect to the server running inside the container
+            with socket.create_connection(('localhost', 65432)) as sock:
+                sock.sendall(code.encode('utf-8'))
+                output = sock.recv(4096)
+                return output.decode('utf-8')
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            return f"Error executing code: {str(e)}"
+
+
+__all__ = ["DockerPythonInterpreter"]
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