diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+++ b/.dockerignore
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+# commonly found
+**/.git
+**/.idea
+**/.DS_Store
+**/.vscode
+**/.devcontainer
+
+**/dist
+**/.gitignore
+**/Dockerfile
+**/.dockerignore
+
+# found in python and JS dirs
+**/__pycache__
+**/node_modules
+**/.pytest_cache
+
+# env files
+**/.env
+**/.env.local
+**/.env.*.local
+
+# log files
+**/npm-debug.log*
+**/yarn-debug.log*
+**/yarn-error.log*
+**/pnpm-debug.log*
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM node:lts AS uibuild
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+COPY ui/package*.json ui/yarn*.lock ./
+RUN yarn --production=false
+COPY ui ./
+RUN yarn build
+
+FROM tiangolo/uvicorn-gunicorn:python3.11-slim
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+ENV \  
+PRODUCTION_MODE="true" \
+APP_MODULE="advent22_api.app:app"
+
+COPY api ./
+RUN python -m pip --no-cache-dir install ./
+COPY --from=uibuild /usr/src/app/dist /html
+