diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d92c8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+media/
+static/
+documentation/
+.env
+.venv/
+.vscode/
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.woodpecker/
+**/__pycache__/
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 425210d..ba0ca07 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ COPY scripts/ /app/scripts/
 RUN chmod +x /app/scripts/start.sh
 
 # Install packages
-RUN apt update && apt install -y graphviz libgraphviz-dev graphviz-dev
+RUN apt update && apt install -y graphviz libgraphviz-dev graphviz-dev tesseract-ocr
 RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip && pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # Expose port 8000 for the web server
diff --git a/docmanager_backend/documents/apps.py b/docmanager_backend/documents/apps.py
index 37ce729..e4a5400 100644
--- a/docmanager_backend/documents/apps.py
+++ b/docmanager_backend/documents/apps.py
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ from django.apps import AppConfig
 class DocumentsConfig(AppConfig):
     default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
     name = "documents"
+
+    def ready(self) -> None:
+        import documents.signals
+        return super().ready()
diff --git a/docmanager_backend/documents/migrations/0002_document_metadata_alter_document_document_type.py b/docmanager_backend/documents/migrations/0002_document_metadata_alter_document_document_type.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb63337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docmanager_backend/documents/migrations/0002_document_metadata_alter_document_document_type.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.1.3 on 2024-11-24 05:17
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("documents", "0001_initial"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="document",
+            name="metadata",
+            field=models.TextField(null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="document",
+            name="document_type",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                choices=[("memorandum", "Memorandum"), ("hoa", "HOA")], max_length=32
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/docmanager_backend/documents/migrations/0003_remove_document_metadata_document_ocr_metadata.py b/docmanager_backend/documents/migrations/0003_remove_document_metadata_document_ocr_metadata.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42db5c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docmanager_backend/documents/migrations/0003_remove_document_metadata_document_ocr_metadata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.1.3 on 2024-11-24 06:04
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("documents", "0002_document_metadata_alter_document_document_type"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name="document",
+            name="metadata",
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="document",
+            name="ocr_metadata",
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/docmanager_backend/documents/models.py b/docmanager_backend/documents/models.py
index be7d83d..d7c750b 100644
--- a/docmanager_backend/documents/models.py
+++ b/docmanager_backend/documents/models.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.timezone import now
 import uuid
@@ -7,17 +8,15 @@ class Document(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
 
     DOCUMENT_TYPE_CHOICES = (
-        ("pdf", "PDF"),
-        ("image", "Image"),
-        ("video", "Video"),
-        ("doc", "Word Document"),
-        ("excel", "Excel Document"),
-        ("ppt", "Powerpoint Document"),
+        ("memorandum", "Memorandum"),
+        ("hoa", "HOA"),
+        # TODO: Update this list on types of documents
     )
     document_type = models.CharField(
         max_length=32, choices=DOCUMENT_TYPE_CHOICES, null=False, blank=False
     )
     number_pages = models.IntegerField(null=False, blank=False)
+    ocr_metadata = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)
 
     def upload_to(instance, filename):
         _, extension = filename.split(".")
diff --git a/docmanager_backend/documents/serializers.py b/docmanager_backend/documents/serializers.py
index 80a3594..5fc2247 100644
--- a/docmanager_backend/documents/serializers.py
+++ b/docmanager_backend/documents/serializers.py
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@ class DocumentSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = Document
         fields = ["id", "name", "document_type",
-                  "number_pages", "date_uploaded"]
+                  "number_pages", "ocr_metadata", "date_uploaded"]
         read_only_fields = [
             "id",
             "name",
             "document_type",
             "number_pages",
+            "ocr_metadata",
             "date_uploaded",
         ]
 
@@ -59,15 +60,17 @@ class DocumentFileSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
             "id",
             "name",
             "document_type",
-            "file",
             "number_pages",
+            "ocr_metadata",
             "date_uploaded",
+            "file",
         ]
         read_only_fields = [
             "id",
             "name",
             "document_type",
             "number_pages",
+            "ocr_metadata",
             "date_uploaded",
             "file",
         ]
diff --git a/docmanager_backend/documents/signals.py b/docmanager_backend/documents/signals.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b7621c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docmanager_backend/documents/signals.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+from django.db.models.signals import post_save
+from django.dispatch import receiver
+from config.settings import MEDIA_ROOT
+import os
+import fitz
+import pytesseract
+from PIL import Image
+from .models import Document
+
+
+@receiver(post_save, sender=Document)
+def domain_post_save(sender, instance, **kwargs):
+    if not instance.ocr_metadata:
+        metadata = ""
+        with fitz.open(os.path.join(MEDIA_ROOT, instance.file.name)) as doc:
+            mat = fitz.Matrix(1.2, 1.2)
+            for page in doc:
+                pix = page.get_pixmap(matrix=mat)
+                output = f'{page.number}.jpg'
+                pix.save(output)
+                res = str(pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.open(output)))
+                os.remove(output)
+                metadata += res
+
+        instance.ocr_metadata = metadata
+        instance.save()
diff --git a/documentation/erd/app_models.png b/documentation/erd/app_models.png
index a83f08e..1680f03 100644
Binary files a/documentation/erd/app_models.png and b/documentation/erd/app_models.png differ
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 680deb8..eb57c31 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ defusedxml==0.8.0rc2
 Django==5.1.3
 django-cleanup==9.0.0
 django-cors-headers==4.6.0
+django-extensions==3.2.3
 django-rest-framework==0.1.0
 django-unfold==0.41.0
 djangorestframework==3.15.2
@@ -18,18 +19,28 @@ djangorestframework-simplejwt==5.3.1
 djoser==2.3.1
 drf-spectacular==0.27.2
 drf-spectacular-sidecar==2024.11.1
+filelock==3.16.1
+fsspec==2024.10.0
 gunicorn==23.0.0
 idna==3.10
 inflection==0.5.1
+Jinja2==3.1.4
 jsonschema==4.23.0
 jsonschema-specifications==2024.10.1
+MarkupSafe==2.1.5
+mpmath==1.3.0
 mypy-extensions==1.0.0
+networkx==3.4.2
 oauthlib==3.2.2
 packaging==24.2
 pathspec==0.12.1
+pillow==11.0.0
 platformdirs==4.3.6
 pycparser==2.22
+pyflakes==3.2.0
 PyJWT==2.10.0
+PyMuPDF==1.24.14
+pytesseract==0.3.13
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
 python3-openid==3.2.0
 PyYAML==6.0.2
@@ -37,12 +48,14 @@ referencing==0.35.1
 requests==2.32.3
 requests-oauthlib==2.0.0
 rpds-py==0.21.0
+setuptools==70.2.0
 social-auth-app-django==5.4.2
 social-auth-core==4.5.4
 sqlparse==0.5.2
+sympy==1.13.1
+typing_extensions==4.12.2
 tzdata==2024.2
 uritemplate==4.1.1
 urllib3==2.2.3
 whitenoise==6.8.2
-django-extensions==3.2.3
 pygraphviz==1.14; platform_system == 'Linux'
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