diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index a662ab7..da89275 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -6,4 +6,10 @@
 README.md
 CHANGELOG.md
 LICENSE
-node_modules 
\ No newline at end of file
+node_modules
+ente/
+keycloak-app/
+docs/
+screenshots/
+*.tar.gz
+*.tar 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5beb36a..efe2233 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@ Thumbs.db
 *.swo
 
 # Cloudron
-.cloudron.manifest 
\ No newline at end of file
+.cloudron.manifest
+
+# Exclude large repositories
+ente/
+keycloak-app/ 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0326709..9dfb8cd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ RUN mkdir -p /app/code /app/data
 
 WORKDIR /app/code
 
-# Clone the ente repository
-RUN git clone https://github.com/ente-io/ente.git . && \
+# Clone the ente repository during build (not from local source)
+RUN git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ente-io/ente.git . && \
     cd server && \
     mkdir -p /app/data/config
 
diff --git a/ente b/ente
deleted file mode 160000
index 1b50102..0000000
--- a/ente
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 1b501025c45f50d3bd7c58d1065f2a7335e76322
diff --git a/keycloak-app b/keycloak-app
deleted file mode 160000
index aec1a65..0000000
--- a/keycloak-app
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit aec1a654420d70287fbdb1e7a7c520d5f1a9a12f