diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60acb83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+.env
+venv/
+.git
+.gitignore
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 965916c..671bc8f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM python:3.12-slim
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
-RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt && rm requirements.txt
+RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt && rm requirements.txt --no-cache-dir
 COPY app/ .
 CMD ["python3", "main.py"]