diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55fff2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+node_modules
+npm-debug.log
+.DS_Store
+*.log
+.git
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bb91d3..0000000
--- a/server.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import express from 'express';
-import dotenv from 'dotenv';
-import path from 'path'; // Import the path module
-import routes from './src/routes.js'; // Import routes from routes.js
-import { validateEnvVariables } from './src/envValidator.js';
-
-dotenv.config();
-
-validateEnvVariables();
-
-const app = express();
-const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3002;
-
-app.use(express.json());
-
-app.use(express.static(path.join(process.cwd(), 'public')));
-
-app.use('/', routes);
-
-app.listen(PORT, () => {
-    console.log(`Server is running on http://localhost:${PORT}`);
-});