diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f26d58d4..4d8e5d72f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 .vscode
 *.sqlite3
 temp/
-./db/
+db/
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index f1e69ab76..59e3c3fcc 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-FROM node:18-alpine AS builder
+FROM node:21-alpine AS builder
 WORKDIR /app
 
 ARG PUBLIC_BACKEND_API_URL
 ENV PUBLIC_BACKEND_API_URL=$PUBLIC_BACKEND_API_URL
 
 COPY package*.json .
-RUN npm ci
 COPY . .
+RUN npm ci
 RUN npm run build
 RUN npm prune --production
 
-FROM node:18-alpine
+FROM node:21-alpine
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=builder /app/build build/
 COPY --from=builder /app/node_modules node_modules/