diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6a1a6ac..467f695 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,42 +1,28 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.3.1
-FROM rust:1.75-slim-buster as builder
+# https://github.com/LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef?tab=readme-ov-file#without-the-pre-built-image
+FROM rust:alpine AS chef
+RUN apk add --no-cache musl-dev
+RUN cargo --version
+RUN cargo install cargo-chef
 
-# Cache apt-get dependencies
-# https://stackoverflow.com/a/72851168/4875161
-RUN --mount=target=/var/lib/apt/lists,type=cache,sharing=locked \
-    --mount=target=/var/cache/apt,type=cache,sharing=locked \
-    rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean \
-    && apt-get update \
-    && apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install \
-        libsqlite3-dev 
-RUN mkdir -p /app
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# https://stackoverflow.com/a/58474618
-# cache dependencies by building first with an empty main 
-RUN echo "fn main() {}" > dummy.rs
-COPY .cargo/ .cargo/
-COPY vendor/ vendor/
+FROM chef AS planner
+COPY . .
+RUN cargo chef prepare --recipe-path recipe.json
+
+FROM chef AS builder 
+COPY --from=planner /app/recipe.json recipe.json
+
 COPY macros/ macros/
 COPY macros-impl/ macros-impl/
-COPY Cargo.toml Cargo.lock .
 
-RUN sed -i 's#src/main.rs#dummy.rs#' Cargo.toml
-RUN cargo build --bin citadels
-# RUN cargo build --bin citadels --release 
-RUN sed -i 's#dummy.rs#src/main.rs#' Cargo.toml
-COPY .env .env
-COPY templates/ templates/
-COPY src/ src/
-RUN cargo build --bin citadels
-# RUN cargo build --bin citadels --release
+RUN cargo chef cook --release --recipe-path recipe.json
+# Build application
+COPY . .
+RUN cargo build --release --bin citadels
 
-# new layer for smaller image
-FROM debian:buster-slim as runner
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install libsqlite3-0 -y
+FROM alpine AS runtime
 WORKDIR /app
-# COPY --from=builder /app/target/release/citadels /app/citadels
-COPY --from=builder /app/target/debug/citadels /app/citadels
-COPY public/ public/
-CMD ["/app/citadels"]
-
+COPY --from=builder /app/target/release/citadels /usr/local/bin
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/citadels"]