diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 9ca5748..a3eada7 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,29 +1,13 @@
-# Ignore Python cache files
+.git
 __pycache__
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
-
-# Ignore Git files
-.git
-.gitignore
-
-# Ignore Dockerfile and .dockerignore
-Dockerfile
-.dockerignore
-
-# Ignore local configuration files
-*.local
+*.pyd
+*.db
+*.sqlite
 *.log
-
-# Ignore unit test and coverage results
-*.coverage
-.coverage
-.coverage.*
-
-# Ignore pytest cache
-.pytest_cache
-
-# Ignore build artifacts
-build/
-dist/
-*.egg-info/
+.env.local
+.DS_Store
+node_modules
+build
+dist
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7d3aedd..c9619c9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,17 +1,32 @@
-FROM python:3.8-slim
+FROM python:3.8-alpine AS build
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-COPY . /app
-
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip \
-    && pip install pipenv
+RUN apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps \
+        build-base linux-headers gcc musl-dev libffi-dev postgresql-dev libpq && \
+    pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    pip install pipenv
 
+COPY Pipfile Pipfile.lock ./
 RUN PIPENV_VENV_IN_PROJECT=1 pipenv install --deploy --ignore-pipfile
 
-COPY .env /app/.env
+COPY . .
+
+FROM python:3.8-alpine
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache libpq && \
+    pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    pip install pipenv
+
+COPY --from=build /app /app
 
 ENV PIPENV_VENV_IN_PROJECT=1
 ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:$PATH"
 
+COPY .env /app/.env
+
+EXPOSE 5000
+
 CMD ["pipenv", "run", "python", "src/main.py"]
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 1bb2e22..0f00e51 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -25,5 +25,3 @@ python_version = "3.8"
 
 [scripts]
 start = "python src/main.py"
-test = "# To implement"
-lint = "# To implement"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 37999fe..77d8cf6 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@
         },
         "certifi": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:3cd43f1c6fa7dedc5899d69d3ad0398fd018ad1a17fba83ddaf78aa46c747516",
-                "sha256:ddc6c8ce995e6987e7faf5e3f1b02b302836a0e5d98ece18392cb1a36c72ad56"
+                "sha256:5a1e7645bc0ec61a09e26c36f6106dd4cf40c6db3a1fb6352b0244e7fb057c7b",
+                "sha256:c198e21b1289c2ab85ee4e67bb4b4ef3ead0892059901a8d5b622f24a1101e90"
             ],
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
-            "version": "==2024.6.2"
+            "version": "==2024.7.4"
         },
         "cfgv": {
             "hashes": [