diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..872339c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+app/__pycache__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..872339c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+app/__pycache__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 557468d..55f5efe 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # Copy project files
-COPY /app ./app
+COPY /app .
 
 # Expose port
 EXPOSE 8000
 
 # Run the app with Uvicorn
-CMD ["uvicorn", "app.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]
+CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]
diff --git a/app/__pycache__/main.cpython-313.pyc b/app/__pycache__/main.cpython-313.pyc
index ec2aeea..a2af012 100644
Binary files a/app/__pycache__/main.cpython-313.pyc and b/app/__pycache__/main.cpython-313.pyc differ
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index b7c5737..b8519f6 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 from fastapi.concurrency import run_in_threadpool
 from pathlib import Path
-import app.download as download
-import json
+import json, download
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
-app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory="/app/app/static"), name="static")
-templates = Jinja2Templates(directory="/app/app/templates")
+# app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory="/app/app/static"), name="static")
+templates = Jinja2Templates(directory="templates")
 
 
 # api
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ async def dropoutUpdate():
 
 @app.get("/dropoutSeries", response_class=JSONResponse)
 async def dropoutSeries():
-    file_path = Path("/data/dropout.json")
+    file_path = Path("data/dropout.json")
     if file_path.exists():
         with file_path.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
             data = json.load(f)