diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fbc86f6..72178af 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@ env3/
 # Bot local files
 *.db
 store/
+cache/
 
 # Config file
 config.yaml
 
+# Alertmanager config file
+alertmanager.yml
+
 # Python
 __pycache__/
 *.egg-info/
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..435687d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include requirements.txt
+recursive-include matrix_alertbot/resources *
diff --git a/sample.config.yaml b/config.sample.yaml
similarity index 51%
rename from sample.config.yaml
rename to config.sample.yaml
index 8401ff3..8f1ae3c 100644
--- a/sample.config.yaml
+++ b/config.sample.yaml
@@ -3,34 +3,56 @@
 # Default values are shown
 
 # The string to prefix messages with to talk to the bot in group chats
-command_prefix: "!c"
+command_prefix: "!alert"
 
 # Options for connecting to the bot's Matrix account
 matrix:
   # The Matrix User ID of the bot account
-  user_id: "@bot:example.com"
+  user_id: "@bot:matrix.example.com"
   # Matrix account password (optional if access token used)
-  user_password: ""
+  user_password: "password"
   # Matrix account access token (optional if password used)
   #user_token: ""
   # The URL of the homeserver to connect to
-  homeserver_url: https://example.com
+  url: https://matrix.example.com
   # The device ID that is **non pre-existing** device
   # If this device ID already exists, messages will be dropped silently in encrypted rooms
   device_id: ABCDEFGHIJ
   # What to name the logged in device
   device_name: matrix-alertbot
+  # List of rooms where the bot can interact
+  allowed_rooms:
+    - "!abcdefgh:matrix.example.com"
+  # List of allowed reactions to create silences.
+  # Default is listed here.
+  allowed_reactions: [🤫, 😶, 🤐, 🙊, 🔇, 🔕]
+
+webhook:
+  # Address and port for which the bot should listen to
+  address: 0.0.0.0
+  port: 8080
+  # Path to the socket for which the bot should listen to.
+  # This is mutually exclusive with webhook.address option.
+  socket: /path/to/matrix-alertbot.sock
+
+alertmanager:
+  # Url to Alertmanager server
+  url: http://localhost:9093
+
+cache:
+  # The path to a directory for caching alerts and silences
+  path: "./cache"
 
 storage:
-  # The database connection string
-  # For SQLite3, this would look like:
-  #     database: "sqlite://bot.db"
-  # For Postgres, this would look like:
-  #     database: "postgres://username:password@localhost/dbname?sslmode=disable"
-  database: "sqlite://bot.db"
   # The path to a directory for internal bot storage
   # containing encryption keys, sync tokens, etc.
-  store_path: "./store"
+  path: "./store"
+
+template:
+  # Path to directory that contains templates for rendering alerts.
+  # The directory must contains the files "alert.html.j2" and "alert.txt.j2" and must respect Jinja2 templating format.
+  # Default is to use templates provided by the matrix_alertbot package. These templates are available in "matrix_alertbot/resources/templates".
+  path: "data/templates"
 
 # Logging setup
 logging:
@@ -42,7 +64,7 @@ logging:
     # Whether logging to a file is enabled
     enabled: false
     # The path to the file to log to. May be relative or absolute
-    filepath: bot.log
+    filepath: matrix-alertbot.log
   # Configure logging to the console output
   console_logging:
     # Whether logging to the console is enabled
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 916bc80..b08adb2 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -41,37 +41,41 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
     yaml-dev \
     python3-dev
 
+ENV VIRTUAL_ENV="/opt/matrix_alertbot"
+ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
+RUN python -m venv $VIRTUAL_ENV
+
+WORKDIR "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 # Build libolm
 #
 # Also build the libolm python bindings and place them at /python-libs
 # We will later copy contents from both of these folders to the runtime
 # container
 COPY docker/build_and_install_libolm.sh /scripts/
-RUN /scripts/build_and_install_libolm.sh ${LIBOLM_VERSION} /python-libs
+RUN /scripts/build_and_install_libolm.sh "${LIBOLM_VERSION}" "${VIRTUAL_ENV}"
 
 # Install Postgres dependencies
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
-    musl-dev \
-    libpq \
-    postgresql-dev
+    musl-dev
 
 # Install python runtime modules. We do this before copying the source code
 # such that these dependencies can be cached
 # This speeds up subsequent image builds when the source code is changed
-RUN mkdir -p /src/matrix_alertbot
-COPY matrix_alertbot/__init__.py /src/matrix_alertbot/
-COPY README.md matrix-alertbot /src/
+RUN mkdir -p ./matrix_alertbot/
+COPY matrix_alertbot/__init__.py ./matrix_alertbot/
+COPY README.md matrix-alertbot ./
 
 # Build the dependencies
-COPY setup.py /src/setup.py
-RUN pip install --prefix="/python-libs" --no-warn-script-location "/src/.[postgres]"
+COPY setup.py ./setup.py
+RUN pip install --no-warn-script-location ".[e2e]"
 
 # Now copy the source code
-COPY *.py *.md /src/
-COPY matrix_alertbot/*.py /src/matrix_alertbot/
+COPY *.py *.md *.in ./
+COPY matrix_alertbot/*.py ./matrix_alertbot/
+COPY matrix_alertbot/resources ./matrix_alertbot/resources
 
 # And build the final module
-RUN pip install --prefix="/python-libs" --no-warn-script-location "/src/.[postgres]"
+RUN pip install --no-warn-script-location ".[e2e]"
 
 ##
 ## Creating the runtime container
@@ -81,21 +85,22 @@ RUN pip install --prefix="/python-libs" --no-warn-script-location "/src/.[postgr
 # python dependencies that we built above to this container
 FROM docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-alpine
 
+ENV VIRTUAL_ENV="/opt/matrix_alertbot"
+ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
+
 # Copy python dependencies from the "builder" container
-COPY --from=builder /python-libs /usr/local
+COPY --from=builder /opt/matrix_alertbot /opt/matrix_alertbot
 
 # Copy libolm from the "builder" container
 COPY --from=builder /usr/local/lib/libolm* /usr/local/lib/
 
 # Install any native runtime dependencies
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
-    libstdc++ \
-    libpq \
-    postgresql-dev
+    libstdc++
 
 # Specify a volume that holds the config file, SQLite3 database,
 # and the matrix-nio store
 VOLUME ["/data"]
 
 # Start the bot
-ENTRYPOINT ["matrix-alertbot", "/data/config.yaml"]
+CMD ["matrix-alertbot", "/data/config.yaml"]
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.dev b/docker/Dockerfile.dev
deleted file mode 100644
index ca11d32..0000000
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.dev
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-# This dockerfile is crafted specifically for development purposes.
-# Please use `Dockerfile` instead if you wish to deploy for production.
-#
-# This file differs as it does not use a builder container, nor does it
-# reinstall the project's python package after copying the source code,
-# saving significant time during rebuilds.
-#
-# To build the image, run `docker build` command from the root of the
-# repository:
-#
-#    docker build -f docker/Dockerfile .
-#
-# There is an optional PYTHON_VERSION build argument which sets the
-# version of python to build against. For example:
-#
-#    docker build -f docker/Dockerfile --build-arg PYTHON_VERSION=3.10 .
-#
-# An optional LIBOLM_VERSION build argument which sets the
-# version of libolm to build against. For example:
-#
-#    docker build -f docker/Dockerfile --build-arg LIBOLM_VERSION=3.2.10 .
-#
-
-ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.10
-FROM docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-alpine
-
-##
-## Build libolm for matrix-nio e2e support
-##
-
-# Install libolm build dependencies
-ARG LIBOLM_VERSION=3.2.10
-RUN apk add --no-cache \
-    make \
-    cmake \
-    gcc \
-    g++ \
-    git \
-    libffi-dev \
-    yaml-dev \
-    python3-dev
-
-# Build libolm
-COPY docker/build_and_install_libolm.sh /scripts/
-RUN /scripts/build_and_install_libolm.sh ${LIBOLM_VERSION}
-
-# Install native runtime dependencies
-RUN apk add --no-cache \
-    musl-dev \
-    libpq \
-    postgresql-dev \
-    libstdc++
-
-# Install python runtime modules. We do this before copying the source code
-# such that these dependencies can be cached
-RUN mkdir -p /src/matrix_alertbot
-COPY matrix_alertbot/__init__.py /src/matrix_alertbot/
-COPY README.md matrix-alertbot /src/
-COPY setup.py /src/setup.py
-RUN pip install -e "/src/.[postgres]"
-
-# Now copy the source code
-COPY matrix_alertbot/*.py /src/matrix_alertbot/
-COPY *.py /src/
-
-# Specify a volume that holds the config file, SQLite3 database,
-# and the matrix-nio store
-VOLUME ["/data"]
-
-# Start the app
-ENTRYPOINT ["matrix-alertbot", "/data/config.yaml"]
-
-EXPOSE 8080
diff --git a/docker/alertmanager/alertmanager.sample.yml b/docker/alertmanager/alertmanager.sample.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a058c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/alertmanager/alertmanager.sample.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+route:
+  group_by: ["alertname"]
+  group_wait: 30s
+  group_interval: 5m
+  repeat_interval: 1h
+  receiver: "default-receiver"
+receivers:
+  - name: "default-receiver"
+    webhook_configs:
+      - url: http://matrix-alertbot:8080/alerts/<room id>
+        send_resolved: true
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 27e0095..53687db 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,13 +4,42 @@ volumes:
   # Set up with `docker volume create ...`. See docker/README.md for more info.
   matrix-alertbot:
     external: true
-  pg_data_volume:
+
+networks:
+  matrix-alertbot:
+    name: matrix-alertbot
 
 services:
+  prometheus:
+    image: prom/prometheus
+    restart: always
+    networks:
+      - matrix-alertbot
+    volumes:
+      - ./prometheus/prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml
+      - ./prometheus/rules.d:/etc/prometheus/rules.d
+
+  alertmanager:
+    image: prom/alertmanager
+    depends_on:
+      - prometheus
+    restart: always
+    networks:
+      - matrix-alertbot
+    volumes:
+      - ./alertmanager/alertmanager.yml:/etc/alertmanager/alertmanager.yml
+
   # Runs from the latest release
   matrix-alertbot:
     image: neutrinet/matrix-alertbot
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
+    depends_on:
+      - alertmanager
     restart: always
+    networks:
+      - matrix-alertbot
     volumes:
       - matrix-alertbot:/data
     # Used for allowing connections to homeservers hosted on the host machine
@@ -20,45 +49,3 @@ services:
     extra_hosts:
       - "localhost:${HOST_IP_ADDRESS}"
 
-  # Builds and runs an optimized container from local code
-  local-checkout:
-    build:
-      context: ..
-      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
-      # Build arguments may be specified here
-      # args:
-      #  PYTHON_VERSION: 3.8
-    volumes:
-      - matrix-alertbot:/data
-    # Used for allowing connections to homeservers hosted on the host machine
-    # (while docker host networking mode is still broken on Linux).
-    #
-    # Defaults to 127.0.0.1 and is set in docker/.env
-    extra_hosts:
-      - "localhost:${HOST_IP_ADDRESS}"
-
-  # Builds and runs a development container from local code
-  local-checkout-dev:
-    build:
-      context: ..
-      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile.dev
-      # Build arguments may be specified here
-      # args:
-      #  PYTHON_VERSION: 3.8
-    volumes:
-      - matrix-alertbot:/data
-    # Used for allowing connections to homeservers hosted on the host machine
-    # (while docker host networking mode is still broken on Linux).
-    #
-    # Defaults to 127.0.0.1 and is set in docker/.env
-    extra_hosts:
-      - "localhost:${HOST_IP_ADDRESS}"
-
-  # Starts up a postgres database
-  postgres:
-    image: postgres
-    restart: always
-    volumes:
-      - pg_data_volume:/var/lib/postgresql/data
-    environment:
-        POSTGRES_PASSWORD: somefancypassword
diff --git a/docker/prometheus/prometheus.yml b/docker/prometheus/prometheus.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b47025a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/prometheus/prometheus.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+global:
+  scrape_interval: 15s # Set the scrape interval to every 15 seconds. Default is every 1 minute.
+  evaluation_interval: 15s # Evaluate rules every 15 seconds. The default is every 1 minute.
+  # scrape_timeout is set to the global default (10s).
+
+# Alertmanager configuration
+alerting:
+  alertmanagers:
+    - static_configs:
+        - targets:
+            - alertmanager:9093
+
+# Load rules once and periodically evaluate them according to the global 'evaluation_interval'.
+rule_files:
+  - rules.d/*.yml
+
+# A scrape configuration containing exactly one endpoint to scrape:
+# Here it's Prometheus itself.
+scrape_configs:
+  # The job name is added as a label `job=<job_name>` to any timeseries scraped from this config.
+  - job_name: "prometheus"
+
+    # metrics_path defaults to '/metrics'
+    # scheme defaults to 'http'.
+
+    static_configs:
+      - targets: ["localhost:9090"]
diff --git a/docker/prometheus/rules.d/health.yml b/docker/prometheus/rules.d/health.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e321057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/prometheus/rules.d/health.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+groups:
+  - name: Health
+    rules:
+      - alert: Instance Up
+        for: 30s
+        expr: up == 1
+        labels:
+          severity: critical
+        annotations:
+          description: 'Instance {{ $labels.instance }} is up'
+          summary: 'Instance is up'
diff --git a/matrix_alertbot/config.py b/matrix_alertbot/config.py
index 46a0d57..52faad6 100644
--- a/matrix_alertbot/config.py
+++ b/matrix_alertbot/config.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import re
 import sys
 from typing import Any, List, Optional
 
-import pytimeparse
+import pytimeparse2
 import yaml
 
 from matrix_alertbot.errors import (
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class Config:
         # Cache setup
         self.cache_dir: str = self._get_cfg(["cache", "path"], required=True)
         expire_time: str = self._get_cfg(["cache", "expire_time"], default="1w")
-        self.cache_expire_time = pytimeparse.parse(expire_time)
+        self.cache_expire_time = pytimeparse2.parse(expire_time)
 
         # Alertmanager client setup
         self.alertmanager_url: str = self._get_cfg(
diff --git a/matrix_alertbot/main.py b/matrix_alertbot/main.py
index 1b246df..6537d73 100644
--- a/matrix_alertbot/main.py
+++ b/matrix_alertbot/main.py
@@ -28,12 +28,21 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 def create_matrix_client(config: Config) -> AsyncClient:
     # Configuration options for the AsyncClient
-    matrix_client_config = AsyncClientConfig(
-        max_limit_exceeded=0,
-        max_timeouts=0,
-        store_sync_tokens=True,
-        encryption_enabled=True,
-    )
+    try:
+        matrix_client_config = AsyncClientConfig(
+            max_limit_exceeded=0,
+            max_timeouts=0,
+            store_sync_tokens=True,
+            encryption_enabled=True,
+        )
+    except ImportWarning as e:
+        logger.warning(e)
+        matrix_client_config = AsyncClientConfig(
+            max_limit_exceeded=0,
+            max_timeouts=0,
+            store_sync_tokens=True,
+            encryption_enabled=False,
+        )
 
     # Initialize the matrix client
     matrix_client = AsyncClient(
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2fdc3b5..ad5ca7f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 import os
 from typing import Tuple
 
-import pkg_resources
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
+from matrix_alertbot import __version__
+
 
 def read_file(path_segments: Tuple) -> str:
     """Read a file from the package. Takes a list of strings to join to
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ def read_file(path_segments: Tuple) -> str:
         return f.read()
 
 
-version = pkg_resources.require("matrix_alertbot")[0].version
+version = __version__
 long_description = read_file(("README.md",))
 
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ setup(
     url="https://github.com/anoadragon453/nio-template",
     description="A matrix bot to do amazing things!",
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests", "tests.*"]),
+    include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
         "aiohttp>=3.8.1",
         "aiohttp-prometheus-exporter>=0.2.4",
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ setup(
         "matrix-nio>=0.19.0",
         "Markdown>=3.3.7",
         "pytimeparse2>=1.4.0",
-        "PyYAML>=6.0",
+        "PyYAML>=5.4.1",
         "typing-extensions>=4.3.0",
     ],
     extras_require={
diff --git a/tests/test_alertmanager.py b/tests/test_alertmanager.py
index 96c4a0c..0e27f6a 100644
--- a/tests/test_alertmanager.py
+++ b/tests/test_alertmanager.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class FakeCache:
 
     def set(self, key: str, value: str, expire: int) -> None:
         self.cache[key] = value, expire
-        print(self.cache)
 
 
 class AbstractFakeAlertmanagerServer: