diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index a46ba90..a144add 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 *.py[co]
+*.pyc
+settings.pyc
 settings_local.py
 *.ged
-/tmp
-/files
-/data
+tmp/
+files/
+data/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ebedaa5..f1607f2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-FROM python:2.7
-
-COPY ./ /app/
+FROM python:2.7-alpine
 
 WORKDIR /app/
-RUN pip install -r reqs.frozen.pip
-RUN mkdir -p /static && python manage.py collectstatic -c --noinput
+COPY ./reqs.frozen.pip /app/
+ENV LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib
+RUN apk --update add jpeg-dev zlib-dev build-base mariadb-dev && \
+    pip install -r reqs.frozen.pip && \
+    apk add mariadb-client-libs && \
+    apk del build-base mariadb-dev
 
-RUN adduser --disabled-password --gecos '' gedgo
-RUN chown -R gedgo:gedgo /app
-USER gedgo
+COPY ./ /app/
+RUN mkdir -p /static && python manage.py collectstatic -c --noinput