diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..696735b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Ignore generated files
+**/*.pyc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5aed75c..9903efb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ RUN apt-get install -y libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libxmlsec1-openssl build-essen
 
 COPY *.py ./
 COPY requirements.txt .
+COPY migrations ./migrations
 COPY orcidflask/*.py ./orcidflask/
 COPY orcidflask/templates ./orcidflask/templates/