diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4c53c80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/var
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 90df7977..756ea930 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM python:3.12-alpine
 
 COPY requirements.txt /
-COPY . .
+
 RUN set -ex ;\
     apk add --no-cache musl-dev mariadb-connector-c-dev gcc ;\
     pip3 install -r /requirements.txt ;\