diff --git a/services/brain/Dockerfile b/services/brain/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35524f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/brain/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+FROM ollama/ollama:latest
+ENV OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0
+# Pre-pull a CPU-friendly expressive persona model
+RUN ollama pull ${OLLAMA_MODEL:-llama3.2:1b} || true
+EXPOSE 11434
\ No newline at end of file