diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ceece2b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+   
+# editor configs
+**/.idea/
+**/.vscode/
+**/.gradle/
+**/.DS_Store/
+
+.git/
+
+# logs
+*-debug.log
+*-error.log
+
+**/node_modules/
+
+# build directories
+**/build/
+**/lib/
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7f7923184..43ae1a9b8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 FROM nginx:1.21-alpine
 COPY dist/hypertrace-ui /usr/share/nginx/html
 COPY conf/default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
-COPY copy-secrets.sh /usr/share/nginx/html
+COPY copy-secrets.sh /docker-entrypoint.d/
 RUN chmod a+w /var/cache/nginx /var/run
-RUN chmod +x /usr/share/nginx/html/copy-secrets.sh
 EXPOSE 2020
-HEALTHCHECK --interval=1s --retries=5 --timeout=1s CMD wget -qO- http://localhost:2020/graphql?query={__schema{queryType{name}}} &> /dev/null || exit 1
-ENTRYPOINT copy-secrets.sh
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+HEALTHCHECK --interval=1s --retries=5 --timeout=1s CMD wget -qO- http://localhost:2020/graphql?query={__schema{queryType{name}}} &> /dev/null || exit 1
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diff --git a/copy-secrets.sh b/copy-secrets.sh
index 2d9a905b9..59bde4d54 100755
--- a/copy-secrets.sh
+++ b/copy-secrets.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-touch secrets.js
+FILENAME="/usr/share/nginx/html/secrets.js"
+touch $FILENAME
 if [ -z $ENABLE_ANALYTICS ]
 then
    ENABLE_ANALYTICS="false"
 fi
-echo "window.ENABLE_ANALYTICS = \"$ENABLE_ANALYTICS\";" > secrets.js
+echo "window.ENABLE_ANALYTICS = \"$ENABLE_ANALYTICS\";" > $FILENAME
 if [ "$ENABLE_ANALYTICS" = "true" ]
 then
-    echo "window.RUDDERSTACK_HT_WRITE_KEY = \"$RUDDERSTACK_HT_WRITE_KEY\";" >> secrets.js
-    echo "window.RUDDERSTACK_HT_DATAPLANE_URL = \"$RUDDERSTACK_HT_DATAPLANE_URL\";" >> secrets.js
+    echo "window.RUDDERSTACK_HT_WRITE_KEY = \"$RUDDERSTACK_HT_WRITE_KEY\";" >> $FILENAME
+    echo "window.RUDDERSTACK_HT_DATAPLANE_URL = \"$RUDDERSTACK_HT_DATAPLANE_URL\";" >> $FILENAME
 else 
     echo "Analytics is disabled"
 fi
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