diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..283963cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.idea
+.devcontainer
+.git
+.gitignore
+.github
+.vscode
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bb862c87..6c05dd93 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ cython_debug/
 #  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
-#.idea/
+.idea/
 
 # custom
 env.sh
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fcdafb68..94fd1ed3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,14 +1,34 @@
-FROM python:3.11-slim
+## Build dependencies
+FROM python:3.11-slim as dependencies
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gcc \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN python -m venv /opt/venv
+ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
 
-ARG GITHUB_TOKEN
-ENV GITHUB_TOKEN $GITHUB_TOKEN
+COPY requirements.txt .
+
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+## Image
+FROM python:3.11-slim
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
+
+COPY --from=dependencies /opt/venv /opt/venv
 COPY . .
 
-RUN apt update && \
-    apt-get install build-essential libffi-dev libssl-dev openssl --no-install-recommends -y \
-    && pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+CMD docker/run-backend.sh
+HEALTHCHECK CMD docker/run-healthcheck.sh
 
-CMD [ "python3", "-m" , "sanic", "app:app", "--fast", "--access-logs", "--motd", "--noisy-exceptions", "-H", "0.0.0.0"]
+EXPOSE 8000
diff --git a/docker/run-backend.sh b/docker/run-backend.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1e7b51ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/run-backend.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python3 -m sanic /usr/src/app --fast --access-logs --motd --noisy-exceptions -H 0.0.0.0
diff --git a/docker/run-healthcheck.sh b/docker/run-healthcheck.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1c514a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/run-healthcheck.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+curl --fail http://0.0.0.0:8000/docs