diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b8813e0..f25bf46f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -581,6 +581,11 @@ If you're on Windows, replace `"$(pwd)"` by the absolute path to your current di
 docker run -p 8080:8080 --mount type=bind,source=C:/Users/Chris/Desktop/config.yaml,target=/config/config.yaml --name gatus twinproduction/gatus
 ```
 
+To build the image locally:
+```
+docker build . -t twinproduction/gatus
+```
+
 
 ## Running the tests