diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 1f38a978c..8f757e505 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@
 !.eslintrc.json
 !.npmrc
 !.prettierrc
+!excalidraw-app/
 !package.json
 !public/
 !packages/
 !tsconfig.json
 !yarn.lock
+
+# keep (sub)sub directories at the end to exclude from explicit included
+# e.g. ./packages/excalidraw/{dist,node_modules}
+**/build
+**/dist
+**/node_modules
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a044f40f6..31487e287 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@ FROM node:18 AS build
 
 WORKDIR /opt/node_app
 
-COPY package.json yarn.lock ./
-RUN yarn --ignore-optional --network-timeout 600000
+COPY . .
+
+# do not ignore optional dependencies:
+# Error: Cannot find module @rollup/rollup-linux-x64-gnu
+RUN yarn --network-timeout 600000
 
 ARG NODE_ENV=production
 
-COPY . .
 RUN yarn build:app:docker
 
-FROM nginx:1.21-alpine
+FROM nginx:1.24-alpine
 
-COPY --from=build /opt/node_app/build /usr/share/nginx/html
+COPY --from=build /opt/node_app/excalidraw-app/build /usr/share/nginx/html
 
 HEALTHCHECK CMD wget -q -O /dev/null http://localhost || exit 1
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1dcd51a19..50e210b3f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@
   "prettier": "@excalidraw/prettier-config",
   "scripts": {
     "build-node": "node ./scripts/build-node.js",
-    "build:app:docker": "cross-env VITE_APP_DISABLE_SENTRY=true VITE_APP_DISABLE_TRACKING=true vite build",
-    "build:app": "cross-env VITE_APP_GIT_SHA=$VERCEL_GIT_COMMIT_SHA vite build",
-    "build:version": "node ./scripts/build-version.js",
+    "build:app:docker": "yarn --cwd ./excalidraw-app build:app:docker",
+    "build:app": "yarn --cwd ./excalidraw-app build:app",
+    "build:version": "yarn --cwd ./excalidraw-app build:version",
     "build": "yarn --cwd ./excalidraw-app build",
     "fix:code": "yarn test:code --fix",
     "fix:other": "yarn prettier --write",