diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cf96a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+**/.git
+data/**
+**/__pycache__
+*.pyc
+*.swp
+docs/
+.mypy_cache
+.pytest_cache