diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+++ b/.dockerignore
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+.git
+env
diff --git a/docker/idhub.Dockerfile.dockerignore b/docker/idhub.Dockerfile.dockerignore
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+# if any sqlite db is hardcoded in git repo
+IdHub/db.sqlite3