diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6689cf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.git/
+.gitignore
+README.md
+*.md
+docker-compose.yml
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+.env