diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c484d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+venv/
+matteo_env/
+__pycache__/
+simmadome/node_modules
+data/
+.git/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b4a7181..af99f24 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ config.json
 games_config.json
 weather_config.json
 ids
+data/
 
 # database
 matteo.db
@@ -351,5 +352,6 @@ matteo.db-wal
 matteo.db-shm
 /data/leagues/*
 /matteo_env/Lib/site-packages/flask_socketio/__init__.py
+Pipfile
 
 env
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 75d8a22..fc250eb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
-FROM python:3.8
-EXPOSE 5000
-
+# - Build stage 1: frontend (simmadome/ directory)
+FROM node:alpine AS frontend
 WORKDIR /app
 
-COPY . ./
+COPY simmadome/package.json simmadome/package-lock.json ./
+RUN npm install
+COPY simmadome/ ./
+RUN npm run build
+
+# - Build stage 2: backend (Python)
+FROM python:3.8
+EXPOSE 5000
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+COPY . ./
+COPY --from=frontend /app/build/ simmadome/build/
 
 CMD ["python", "the_prestige.py"]