diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8ad42e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*__pycache__**
+*~
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gcups/Dockerfile b/gcups/Dockerfile
index 4b98f3d..610b32a 100644
--- a/gcups/Dockerfile
+++ b/gcups/Dockerfile
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 FROM docker.io/ubuntu:jammy-20240227
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y wget gpg xvfb libgbm-dev libasound2 python3-pip && \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y wget gpg xvfb libgbm-dev libasound2 python3-pip && \
     wget -qO- https://gcups-static.greencell.global/csgsa-keyring.gpg | gpg --dearmor | dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/csgsa-keyring.gpg && \
     echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/csgsa-keyring.gpg] https://gcups-static.greencell.global/deb stable non-free" | dd of=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/gcups.list && \
-    apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y gcups && \
+    apt-get update -y && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y gcups && \
     rm -rf var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
-    python3 -m pip install plyvel && \
+    python3 -m pip --no-cache-dir install plyvel && \
     apt-get remove -y python3-pip && \
     mkdir -m775 -p /opt/gcups/db/gcups-rxdb-1-settings
 
-COPY populate-db.py db.txt ./
+COPY init.sh populate-db.py db.txt /opt/
+WORKDIR /opt
 RUN python3 populate-db.py
 
 ENV GCUPS_HTTP_PORT=8080
@@ -16,5 +17,4 @@ ENV GCUPS_PASSWORD=gcups123
 
 EXPOSE $GCUPS_HTTP_PORT
 
-COPY init.sh /opt/init.sh
 ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/init.sh"]