diff --git a/portfolio/.dockerignore b/portfolio/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..337f3b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/portfolio/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Even though extra files aren’t copied into the image, they are sent to Docker during the build. 
+# For a Hakyll site, that’s wasteful.
+*
+!_site/**
diff --git a/portfolio/Dockerfile b/portfolio/Dockerfile
index 0917912..0f23aa9 100644
--- a/portfolio/Dockerfile
+++ b/portfolio/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-FROM nginx:1.29.1-alpine AS build
+FROM nginx:1.29.1-alpine
 
-COPY _site /usr/share/nginx/html
+COPY _site /usr/share/nginx/html/
 
 EXPOSE 80