diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index e522fed15..f7b76e7af 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+.git
 .devcontainer
 .github
 .vscode
 target
 specs
-snapshot
\ No newline at end of file
+snapshot
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 517fd6c99..803c22f67 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,34 +1,18 @@
-# **NOTE**: This docker file expects to be run in a directory outside of subspace.
-# It also expects two build arguments, the bittensor snapshot directory, and the bittensor
-# snapshot file name.
+FROM rust:1.75-bookworm as build-env
 
-# This runs typically via the following command:
-# $ docker build -t subspace . --platform linux/x86_64 --build-arg SNAPSHOT_DIR="DIR_NAME" --build-arg SNAPSHOT_FILE="FILENAME.TAR.GZ"  -f subspace/Dockerfile
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y clang protobuf-compiler
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY . /app
+RUN cargo build --release
 
 
-FROM ubuntu:22.04
-
-# This is being set so that no interactive components are allowed when updating.
-ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-# show backtraces
-ENV RUST_BACKTRACE 1
-
-# Necessary libraries for Rust execution
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl build-essential protobuf-compiler clang git
-
-WORKDIR /subspace
-
-COPY ./scripts ./scripts
-# Install cargo and Rust
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y clang 
-ENV PATH="/root/.cargo/bin:${PATH}"
-RUN ./scripts/install_rust_env.sh
-
-# Copy the source code
-COPY . .
-# Cargo build
-RUN cargo build --release --locked
-
+# FROM gcr.io/distroless/cc
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y zlib1g && \
+    rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+COPY --from=build-env /app/target/release/node-subspace /usr/local/bin
+CMD ["node-subspace"]