diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..373f5cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+build_and_push_multi.sh
+*.code-workspace
+containers/*/.venv
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+*.egg
+*.egg-info/
+.eggs/
+.env
+env/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+.history
+.idea
+.idea/
+.idea_modules/
+*.iml
+.installed.cfg
+*.ipr
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+*.iws
+.junie/
+local_settings.py
+*.log
+media/
+*.pot
+*.pyc
+*__pycache__/
+__pycache__/
+*.pyd
+*.pyo
+.venv
+/.venv
+venv/
+venv.bak/
+.vscode/
+/.vscode
+wireguard_webadmin/production_settings.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build_and_push.sh b/build_and_push.sh
index acd7f29..162d169 100755
--- a/build_and_push.sh
+++ b/build_and_push.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ IMAGES=(
 build_images() {
   echo "=========================================================================================="
   echo "========== Starting the build of the images..."
+  cat .gitignore > .dockerignore
   docker compose -f docker-compose-build.yml build
   if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "Build completed successfully."