diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ca0296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.git
+target/
+frontend/node_modules/
+frontend/dist/
+frontend/emnist_data/
+*.log
\ No newline at end of file