diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 515e8d71..ed13bf37 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .*
 staging/
 !/.gitignore
-!/.github
\ No newline at end of file
+!/.github
+!build/.dockerignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/.dockerignore b/build/.dockerignore
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..526398d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+node_modules
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+.git
+.gitignore
+README.md
+.env
+.nyc_output
+coverage
+.vscode
+.DS_Store
+*.log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
index f9bca1e6..7a8067da 100755
--- a/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/Dockerfile
@@ -1,26 +1,19 @@
-# Build stage
 FROM golang:1.21-alpine AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Copy source code first
 COPY go.mod main.go ./
 
-# Download dependencies and build
 RUN go mod tidy && \
     go mod download && \
     CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -installsuffix cgo -o server .
 
-# Final stage - use scratch for minimal image
 FROM scratch
 
-# Add ca-certificates for HTTPS requests
 COPY --from=builder /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/ssl/certs/
 
-# Copy the binary
 COPY --from=builder /app/server /server
 
-# Create non-root user
 USER 65534:65534
 
 EXPOSE 4050