diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index d88b3fc..5ff0a1e 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ VK_STORAGE_GROUP_ID=239548476
 TG_BOT_TOKEN=
 TG_MEDIA_CHANNEL_ID=
 LOCAL_BOT_API_URL=
+TELEGRAM_API_ID=
+TELEGRAM_API_HASH=
 
 ADMIN_HOST=0.0.0.0
 ADMIN_PORT=8080
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 96267ff..1f5437d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+FROM aiogram/telegram-bot-api:latest AS telegram-bot-api
+
 FROM python:3.12-slim
 
 WORKDIR /app
@@ -10,6 +12,15 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     git \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Copy the local Telegram Bot API binary and its musl runtime from the official aiogram image.
+COPY --from=telegram-bot-api /usr/local/bin/telegram-bot-api /usr/local/bin/telegram-bot-api
+COPY --from=telegram-bot-api /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1
+COPY --from=telegram-bot-api /usr/lib/libssl.so.3 /usr/lib/libssl.so.3
+COPY --from=telegram-bot-api /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.3 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.3
+COPY --from=telegram-bot-api /usr/lib/libz.so.1 /usr/lib/libz.so.1
+COPY --from=telegram-bot-api /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
+COPY --from=telegram-bot-api /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
+
 # Install python dependencies
 COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
@@ -17,14 +28,23 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 # Copy source code
 COPY src/ src/
 COPY scripts/ scripts/
+COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/vk-parser-entrypoint
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/vk-parser-entrypoint \
+    && mkdir -p /var/lib/telegram-bot-api /tmp/telegram-bot-api
 
 COPY favi.png .
 COPY .env.example .env
 
 ENV PYTHONPATH=/app/src
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+ENV LOCAL_BOT_API_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8081
+ENV TELEGRAM_WORK_DIR=/var/lib/telegram-bot-api
+ENV TELEGRAM_TEMP_DIR=/tmp/telegram-bot-api
+ENV TELEGRAM_HTTP_PORT=8081
+ENV TELEGRAM_LOCAL=1
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
 # Start uvicorn without any workers
+ENTRYPOINT ["vk-parser-entrypoint"]
 CMD ["uvicorn", "vk_parser_app.admin:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..176c35f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+set -eu
+
+tg_pid=""
+
+stop_children() {
+  if [ -n "$tg_pid" ] && kill -0 "$tg_pid" 2>/dev/null; then
+    kill "$tg_pid"
+    wait "$tg_pid" 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
+}
+
+trap stop_children INT TERM EXIT
+
+if [ -n "${TELEGRAM_API_ID:-}" ] && [ -n "${TELEGRAM_API_HASH:-}" ]; then
+  mkdir -p "${TELEGRAM_WORK_DIR:-/var/lib/telegram-bot-api}" "${TELEGRAM_TEMP_DIR:-/tmp/telegram-bot-api}"
+  telegram-bot-api \
+    --api-id="${TELEGRAM_API_ID}" \
+    --api-hash="${TELEGRAM_API_HASH}" \
+    --dir="${TELEGRAM_WORK_DIR:-/var/lib/telegram-bot-api}" \
+    --temp-dir="${TELEGRAM_TEMP_DIR:-/tmp/telegram-bot-api}" \
+    --http-port="${TELEGRAM_HTTP_PORT:-8081}" \
+    --local &
+  tg_pid="$!"
+  echo "Started local Telegram Bot API on 127.0.0.1:${TELEGRAM_HTTP_PORT:-8081}"
+else
+  echo "TELEGRAM_API_ID/TELEGRAM_API_HASH are not set; local Telegram Bot API is disabled"
+fi
+
+exec "$@"