diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8118aca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+.ruff_cache/
+**/__pycache__/
+venv
+.git
+.gitignore
+.github
+
+# Ignore specific application files
+models/
+loras/
+config.yml
+config_sample.yml
+api_tokens.yml
+api_tokens_sample.yml
+*.bat
+*.sh
+update_scripts
+readme.md
+colab
+start.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/.dockerignore b/docker/.dockerignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ae8a12c0..00000000
--- a/docker/.dockerignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-models/
-loras/
-.ruff_cache/
-**/__pycache__/
-config.yml
-api_tokens.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 0b709b5a..f3587cca 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ COPY pyproject.toml .
 # Install packages specified in pyproject.toml cu121
 RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir .[cu121]
 
+RUN rm pyproject.toml
+
 # Copy the current directory contents into the container
 COPY . .