diff --git a/backend/.dockerignore b/backend/.dockerignore
index 739d5f19..ed54ce6f 100644
--- a/backend/.dockerignore
+++ b/backend/.dockerignore
@@ -39,3 +39,10 @@ coverage.txt
 # Temporary files
 *.tmp
 *~
+**/tmp
+
+# Git directories
+.git/
+
+# Node modules
+**/node_modules
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 7569bca1..877f70a5 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ FROM golang:1.22.9 AS build
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/app
 
-COPY . .
+# Copy all required modules from parent directory
+COPY .. .
 
 ENV GO111MODULE on
 
-RUN go install -v ./...
+# Build from the backend directory which contains the main.go
+RUN cd backend && go install -v ./...
 
 FROM alpine:3.14
 
-# copy files
+# Copy the built binary
 COPY --from=build /go/bin/crawlab /go/bin/crawlab