diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..376b7571f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+**/.git
+**/node_modules
+**/__pycache__
+**/venv
+**/.mypy_cache
+**/build
diff --git a/examples/docker/Dockerfile b/examples/docker/Dockerfile
index 374ffbdc5d..137ed3ec54 100644
--- a/examples/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,19 +1,38 @@
-# Sample Dockerfile. Use platydock -c /path/to/custom/config.yaml
-# to generate your custom Dockerfile.
+FROM alpine
+ADD . /install
 
+RUN apk add --update --no-interactive --no-cache \
+    python3 \
+    py3-pip \
+    py3-alembic \
+    py3-bcrypt \
+    py3-dateutil \
+    py3-docutils \
+    py3-flask \
+    py3-frozendict \
+    py3-greenlet \
+    py3-magic \
+    py3-mypy-extensions \
+    py3-psutil \
+    py3-redis \
+    py3-requests \
+    py3-rsa \
+    py3-sqlalchemy \
+    py3-tornado \
+    py3-typing-extensions \
+    py3-tz \
+    py3-websocket-client \
+    py3-websockets \
+    py3-wheel \
+    py3-yaml \
+    py3-zeroconf \
+    redis
 
-FROM python:3.11-alpine
-
-RUN mkdir -p /install /app
-COPY . /install
-RUN apk add --update --no-cache redis
-RUN apk add --update --no-cache --virtual build-base g++ rust linux-headers
-RUN pip install -U pip
-RUN cd /install && pip install .
-RUN apk del build-base g++ rust linux-headers
+RUN cd /install && pip install --no-cache-dir .
+RUN cd / && rm -rf /install
 
 EXPOSE 8008
 VOLUME /app/config
 VOLUME /app/workdir
 
-CMD python -m platypush --start-redis --config-file /app/config/config.yaml --workdir /app/workdir
+CMD platypush --start-redis --config-file /app/config/config.yaml --workdir /app/workdir