diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 30f37131..8853f39e 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-*Dockerfile*
-*docker-compose*
-node_modules
-*/__test__/*
-coverage
-build
+docker-compose.yaml
+.dockerignore
+**/Dockerfile
+**/node_modules
+**/__test__
+**/coverage
+**/build
+**/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
 .git
+.github
 .gitignore
 jest.*
 *.md
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index ba6bf9a4..e7a9cbac 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ version: '3.8'
 
 services:
   demo-explorer:
-    image: demo-explore
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: packages/demo-explorer/Dockerfile
     ports:
       - 3000:80
     restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/packages/demo-explorer/Dockerfile b/packages/demo-explorer/Dockerfile
index 66e1520b..4444f7fa 100644
--- a/packages/demo-explorer/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/demo-explorer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 FROM node:18 AS builder
 WORKDIR /app
 ENV NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=16384
-COPY ../../pnpm-workspace.yaml .
-COPY package.json .
+COPY . .
 RUN npm install -g pnpm@8.14.0 && pnpm install
 
-COPY . .
+WORKDIR /app/packages/core-types
+RUN pnpm run build
 WORKDIR /app/packages/example-documents
 RUN pnpm run build
 WORKDIR /app/packages/react-components
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ WORKDIR /app/packages/demo-explorer
 RUN pnpm run build
 
 FROM nginx:alpine
+COPY packages/demo-explorer/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
 COPY --from=builder /app/packages/demo-explorer/build/explorer /usr/share/nginx/html
 EXPOSE 80
 CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
diff --git a/packages/demo-explorer/nginx.conf b/packages/demo-explorer/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..366f8619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/demo-explorer/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+server {
+  listen       80;
+  server_name  localhost;
+
+  location / {
+    root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
+    index  index.html;
+    try_files $uri /index.html;                 
+  }
+
+  error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
+  location = /50x.html {
+    root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
+  }
+}
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