diff --git a/backend/.dockerignore b/backend/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6acd0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+node_modules
+npm-debug.log
+dist
+*.tsbuildinfo
+.git
+.gitignore
+Dockerfile*
+coverage
+*.local
+uploads
diff --git a/frontend/.dockerignore b/frontend/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7abceb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+node_modules
+dist
+.git
+.gitignore
+Dockerfile*
+npm-debug.log