diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index aa068ac..c9d728b 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-target/
 .git/
 .idea/
 .vscode/
@@ -7,3 +6,9 @@ node_modules/
 .env
 .env.local
 .env.*.local
+
+# Exclude all target artifacts except the linux release binaries
+target/
+!target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/
+target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/
+!target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/