diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8010cfefe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+**/target/*
+cli-tool
+ct_scripts
+k8s
+docs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/substrate-node/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
similarity index 88%
rename from substrate-node/Dockerfile
rename to Dockerfile
index 3d72485fa..55fcd7023 100644
--- a/substrate-node/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ RUN curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y && \
 ARG PROFILE=release
 COPY . /tfchain
 
+WORKDIR /tfchain/substrate-node
+
 RUN export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.cargo/bin" && \
 	cargo build "--$PROFILE"
 
@@ -37,8 +39,8 @@ ARG PROFILE=release
 RUN rm -rf /usr/share/* && \
 	mkdir -p /tfchain/.local
 
-COPY --from=builder /tfchain/target/$PROFILE/tfchain /usr/local/bin
-COPY chainspecs /etc/chainspecs/
+COPY --from=builder /tfchain/substrate-node/target/$PROFILE/tfchain /usr/local/bin
+COPY --from=builder /tfchain/substrate-node/chainspecs /etc/chainspecs/
 
 
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