diff --git a/app/data/config/laconic-explorer/default.conf b/app/data/config/nginx/default.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from app/data/config/laconic-explorer/default.conf
rename to app/data/config/nginx/default.conf
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-laconic-explorer/Dockerfile b/app/data/container-build/cerc-laconic-explorer/Dockerfile
index d3b9bec0..b66b75a2 100644
--- a/app/data/container-build/cerc-laconic-explorer/Dockerfile
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-laconic-explorer/Dockerfile
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ COPY . .
 
 RUN echo "Building Laconic Explorer" && \
     git checkout master && \
-    yarn && yarn serve
+    yarn
+
+CMD ["yarn serve"] 
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-nginx/Dockerfile b/app/data/container-build/cerc-nginx/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eef81d08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-nginx/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+FROM nginx:alpine
+COPY ping.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-nginx/build.sh b/app/data/container-build/cerc-nginx/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6476a8f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-nginx/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Build cerc/nginx
+
+# See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/246128/1701505
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+docker build -t cerc/nginx:local ${SCRIPT_DIR}
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-nginx/ping.conf b/app/data/container-build/cerc-nginx/ping.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d2430c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-nginx/ping.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+## copied from: https://github.com/gateway-fm/laconic-explorer/blob/master/ping.conf
+server {
+    listen       80;
+    listen  [::]:80;
+    server_name  _;
+
+    #access_log  /var/log/nginx/host.access.log  main;
+
+    location / {
+        root /usr/share/nginx/html;
+        index  index.html index.htm;
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
+    }
+
+    #error_page  404              /404.html;
+
+    # redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
+    #
+    error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
+    location = /50x.html {
+        root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
+    }
+
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_proxied any;
+    gzip_static on;
+    gzip_min_length 1024;
+    gzip_buffers 4 16k;
+    gzip_comp_level 2;
+    gzip_types text/plain application/javascript application/x-javascript text/css application/xml text/javascript application/x-httpd-php application/vnd.ms-fontobject font/ttf font/opentype font/x-woff image/svg+xml;
+    gzip_vary off;
+    gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.";
+}
diff --git a/app/data/container-image-list.txt b/app/data/container-image-list.txt
index 9878d4aa..f22bf044 100644
--- a/app/data/container-image-list.txt
+++ b/app/data/container-image-list.txt
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ cerc/keycloak
 cerc/tx-spammer
 cerc/builder-gerbil
 cerc/laconic-explorer
+cerc/nginx