diff --git a/dockerignore b/.dockerignore
similarity index 63%
rename from dockerignore
rename to .dockerignore
index cc36fdb..3a1df87 100644
--- a/dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ out
 .gitignore
 .env
 .env.local
-.env.*.local
+.env.*
 npm-debug.log*
 Dockerfile
 docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ SETUP.md
 *.md
 .vscode
 .DS_Store
+
+# admin-panel runtime data (lives in the Docker volume, never in the image)
+data