diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 02f772db6..a8554fbb5 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ CMD /bin/sh -c "yarn install && yarn run dev"
 FROM base as build
 
 # Copy everything
-COPY . .
+COPY ./backend ./
 # Also copy external enities from database
-COPY ../database/entity/ ../database/entity/ 
+COPY ./database/entity/ ../database/entity/ 
 # npm install
 RUN yarn install --production=false --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive
 # npm build
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 15a47111c..b85d155fe 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ services:
   backend:
     image: gradido/backend:latest
     build:
-      context: ./backend
+      # since we have to include the entities from ./database we cannot define the context as ./backend
+      # this might blow build image size to the moon ?!
+      context: ./
+      dockerfile: ./backend/Dockerfile
       target: production
     networks:
       - internal-net