diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7161fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Version control
+.git
+.gitignore
+.gitattributes
+
+# Python
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+*.so
+.Python
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+.python-version
+
+# IDE
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+
+# Docker
+Dockerfile
+docker-compose.yml
+.dockerignore
+
+# Project specific
+models/
+*.log
+*.mp3
+*.wav
+*.mp4
+*.avi
+*.mkv
+*.mov
+*.flac
+*.ogg
+*.m4a
+*.aac
+
+# Documentation
+README.md
+LICENSE
+*.md
+docs/
+
+# Test files
+tests/
+test/
+*.test
+*.spec 
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0cd38ef..a9cb60b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ A web application for transcribing audio and video files using faster-whisper, w
 
 - Docker and Docker Compose
 - NVIDIA GPU with CUDA support
-- NVIDIA Container Toolkit (nvidia-docker2)
+- NVIDIA Container Toolkit
 - Ollama installed locally (optional, for summarization)
 
 ## Installation