diff --git a/backend/.dockerignore b/backend/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0c830a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+node_modules
+dist
+coverage
+
+#Omit secrets and logs
+.env*
+*.logs
+#Omit code generated
+src/generated
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index f90e547..5baef0a 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ FROM node:20-alpine AS builder
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY package*.json ./
-RUN npm ci
+RUN npm install 
 
 COPY tsconfig.json ./
 COPY src ./src
+COPY prisma ./prisma
 
 RUN npm run build
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
 
 COPY package*.json ./
-RUN npm ci --only=production
+RUN npm install --omit=dev
 
 COPY --from=builder /app/dist ./dist