diff --git a/image_prediction/flask.py b/image_prediction/flask.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03ed026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image_prediction/flask.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import logging
+from typing import Callable
+
+from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
+
+from image_prediction.config import CONFIG
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger.setLevel(CONFIG.service.logging_level)
+
+
+def make_prediction_server(predict_fn: Callable):
+
+    app = Flask(__name__)
+
+    @app.route("/ready", methods=["GET"])
+    def ready():
+        resp = jsonify("OK")
+        resp.status_code = 200
+        return resp
+
+    @app.route("/health", methods=["GET"])
+    def healthy():
+        resp = jsonify("OK")
+        resp.status_code = 200
+        return resp
+
+    @app.route("/", methods=["POST"])
+    def predict():
+        pdf = request.data
+
+        logger.debug("Running predictor on document...")
+        try:
+            predictions = predict_fn(pdf)
+            response = jsonify(predictions)
+            logger.info("Analysis completed.")
+            return response
+        except Exception as err:
+            logger.error("Analysis failed.")
+            logger.exception(err)
+            response = jsonify("Analysis failed.")
+            response.status_code = 500
+            return response
+
+    return app
diff --git a/image_prediction/locations.py b/image_prediction/locations.py
index 9c67dc0..4bf8d4b 100644
--- a/image_prediction/locations.py
+++ b/image_prediction/locations.py
@@ -2,12 +2,8 @@ from os import path
 
 MODULE_DIR = path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__))
 PACKAGE_ROOT_DIR = path.dirname(MODULE_DIR)
-REPO_ROOT_DIR = path.dirname(path.dirname(PACKAGE_ROOT_DIR))
-
-DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILE = path.join(REPO_ROOT_DIR, "docker-compose.yaml")
 
 CONFIG_FILE = path.join(PACKAGE_ROOT_DIR, "config.yaml")
-LOG_FILE = "/tmp/log.log"
 
 DATA_DIR = path.join(PACKAGE_ROOT_DIR, "data")
 MLRUNS_DIR = path.join(DATA_DIR, "mlruns")
diff --git a/image_prediction/predictor.py b/image_prediction/predictor.py
index 4450e1a..0c2376b 100644
--- a/image_prediction/predictor.py
+++ b/image_prediction/predictor.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import numpy as np
 
 from image_prediction.config import CONFIG
 from image_prediction.locations import MLRUNS_DIR, BASE_WEIGHTS
+from image_prediction.utils import temporary_pdf_file
 from incl.redai_image.redai.redai.backend.model.model_handle import ModelHandle
 from incl.redai_image.redai.redai.backend.pdf.image_extraction import extract_and_stitch
 from incl.redai_image.redai.redai.utils.mlflow_reader import MlflowModelReader
@@ -88,29 +89,34 @@ class Predictor:
 
         return predictions if probabilities else classes
 
+    def predict_pdf(self, pdf):
+        with temporary_pdf_file(pdf) as pdf_path:
+            image_metadata_pairs = self.__extract_image_metadata_pairs(pdf_path)
+            return self.__predict_images(image_metadata_pairs)
 
-def extract_image_metadata_pairs(pdf_path: str, **kwargs):
-    def image_is_large_enough(metadata: dict):
-        x1, x2, y1, y2 = itemgetter("x1", "x2", "y1", "y2")(metadata)
+    def __predict_images(self, image_metadata_pairs: Iterable, batch_size: int = CONFIG.service.batch_size):
+        def process_chunk(chunk):
+            images, metadata = zip(*chunk)
+            predictions = self.predict(images, probabilities=True)
+            return predictions, metadata
 
-        return abs(x1 - x2) > 2 and abs(y1 - y2) > 2
+        def predict(image_metadata_pair_generator):
+            chunks = chunk_iterable(image_metadata_pair_generator, n=batch_size)
+            return map(chain.from_iterable, zip(*map(process_chunk, chunks)))
 
-    yield from extract_and_stitch(pdf_path, convert_to_rgb=True, filter_fn=image_is_large_enough, **kwargs)
+        try:
+            predictions, metadata = predict(image_metadata_pairs)
+            return predictions, metadata
 
+        except ValueError:
+            return [], []
 
-def classify_images(predictor, image_metadata_pairs: Iterable, batch_size: int = CONFIG.service.batch_size):
-    def process_chunk(chunk):
-        images, metadata = zip(*chunk)
-        predictions = predictor.predict(images, probabilities=True)
-        return predictions, metadata
+    @staticmethod
+    def __extract_image_metadata_pairs(pdf_path: str, **kwargs):
+        def image_is_large_enough(metadata: dict):
+            x1, x2, y1, y2 = itemgetter("x1", "x2", "y1", "y2")(metadata)
 
-    def predict(image_metadata_pair_generator):
-        chunks = chunk_iterable(image_metadata_pair_generator, n=batch_size)
-        return map(chain.from_iterable, zip(*map(process_chunk, chunks)))
+            return abs(x1 - x2) > 2 and abs(y1 - y2) > 2
 
-    try:
-        predictions, metadata = predict(image_metadata_pairs)
-        return predictions, metadata
+        yield from extract_and_stitch(pdf_path, convert_to_rgb=True, filter_fn=image_is_large_enough, **kwargs)
 
-    except ValueError:
-        return [], []
diff --git a/image_prediction/response.py b/image_prediction/response.py
index 2fc3225..b5cdb7a 100644
--- a/image_prediction/response.py
+++ b/image_prediction/response.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 """Defines functions for constructing service responses."""
 
 
+import math
 from itertools import starmap
 from operator import itemgetter
 
-import numpy as np
-
 from image_prediction.config import CONFIG
 
 
@@ -15,8 +14,8 @@ def build_response(predictions: list, metadata: list) -> list:
 
 def build_image_info(prediction: dict, metadata: dict) -> dict:
     def compute_geometric_quotient():
-        page_area_sqrt = np.sqrt(abs(page_width * page_height))
-        image_area_sqrt = np.sqrt(abs(x2 - x1) * abs(y2 - y1))
+        page_area_sqrt = math.sqrt(abs(page_width * page_height))
+        image_area_sqrt = math.sqrt(abs(x2 - x1) * abs(y2 - y1))
         return image_area_sqrt / page_area_sqrt
 
     page_width, page_height, x1, x2, y1, y2, width, height = itemgetter(
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ def build_image_info(prediction: dict, metadata: dict) -> dict:
 
     min_confidence_breached = bool(max(prediction["probabilities"].values()) < CONFIG.filters.min_confidence)
     prediction["label"] = prediction.pop("class")  # "class" as field name causes problem for Java objectmapper
-    prediction["probabilities"] = {klass: np.round(prob, 6) for klass, prob in prediction["probabilities"].items()}
+    prediction["probabilities"] = {klass: round(prob, 6) for klass, prob in prediction["probabilities"].items()}
 
     image_info = {
         "classification": prediction,
diff --git a/image_prediction/utils.py b/image_prediction/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59f56e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image_prediction/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import tempfile
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def temporary_pdf_file(pdf: bytes):
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as f:
+        f.write(pdf)
+        yield f.name