diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f509e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.env
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 19ddb21..0fefda2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
-# Verwende die neueste LTS-Version von Node.js
-FROM node:18-alpine
+FROM python:3.9-slim
 
-# Erstelle und setze das Arbeitsverzeichnis
-WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+# Set the working directory
+WORKDIR /app
 
-# Kopiere package.json und package-lock.json (falls vorhanden)
-COPY package*.json ./
+# Copy the requirements.txt and the script to the container
+COPY requirements.txt .
+COPY bot.py .
 
-# Installiere die Abhängigkeiten
-RUN npm install
+# Install dependencies
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-# Kopiere den Rest des Anwendungsverzeichnisses
-COPY . .
-
-# Definiere die Startkommandozeile für den Container
-CMD [ "npm", "start" ]
+# Run the bot
+CMD ["python", "bot.py"]
diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c146a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import os
+import discord
+from discord.ext import commands
+
+intents = discord.Intents.default()
+intents.guilds = True
+intents.voice_states = True
+
+bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!', intents=intents)
+
+token = os.getenv('BOT_TOKEN')
+join_to_create_channel_id = int(os.getenv('JOINTOCREATE_CHANNEL_ID'))
+
+@bot.event
+async def on_ready():
+    print('Ready!')
+
+@bot.event
+async def on_voice_state_update(member, before, after):
+    if after.channel and after.channel.id == join_to_create_channel_id:
+        new_channel = await after.channel.guild.create_voice_channel(
+            name=f"🔊 {member.display_name}'s Channel",
+            category=after.channel.category,
+            reason='Created by JoinToCreate bot'
+        )
+        await member.move_to(new_channel)
+
+    if before.channel and len(before.channel.members) == 0 and before.channel.id != join_to_create_channel_id:
+        if before.channel.name.startswith('🔊'):
+            await before.channel.delete(reason='No members left in the bot-created channel')
+
+bot.run(token)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2768604..0000000
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
-services:
-  join2create:
-    image: git.degnedict.de/bene/join2create:latest
-    environment:
-      - BOT_TOKEN=YourBotToken
-      - JOINTOCREATE_CHANNEL_ID=Your-Channel-ID
-    restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ce1ebea..0000000
--- a/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-const { Client, GatewayIntentBits, ChannelType } = require('discord.js');
-const client = new Client({ intents: [GatewayIntentBits.Guilds, GatewayIntentBits.GuildVoiceStates] });
-
-const token = process.env.BOT_TOKEN;
-const joinToCreateChannelId = process.env.JOINTOCREATE_CHANNEL_ID;
-
-// Set to true if a channel was created by the bot
-const CREATED_BY_BOT = 'created_by_bot';
-
-client.once('ready', () => {
-    console.log('Ready!');
-});
-
-client.on('voiceStateUpdate', (oldState, newState) => {
-    if (newState.channelId === joinToCreateChannelId) {
-        newState.guild.channels.create({
-            name: `🔊 ${newState.member.displayName}'s Channel`,
-            type: ChannelType.GuildVoice,
-            parent: newState.channel.parentId,
-            reason: 'Created by JoinToCreate bot', // Add a reason when creating the channel
-        }).then(channel => {
-            newState.member.voice.setChannel(channel);
-            channel[CREATED_BY_BOT] = true; // Mark the channel as created by the bot
-        }).catch(console.error);
-    }
-
-    if (oldState.channel && oldState.channel.members.size === 0 && oldState.channel.id !== joinToCreateChannelId) {
-        // Check if the channel was created by the bot before deleting it
-        if (oldState.channel[CREATED_BY_BOT]) {
-            oldState.channel.delete().catch(console.error);
-        }
-    }
-});
-
-client.login(token);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4820c26..0000000
--- a/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "join2create",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
-    "description": "Simple Discord bot with join to create feature",
-    "main": "index.js",
-    "scripts": {
-      "start": "node index.js"
-    },
-    "dependencies": {
-      "discord.js": "^14.0.0"
-    }
-  }
-  
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..503dba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+discord.py
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