diff --git a/backend/.dockerignore b/backend/.dockerignore
index d694f0d21..a0883bf4d 100644
--- a/backend/.dockerignore
+++ b/backend/.dockerignore
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ docker-compose*.yml
 ./*.log
 
 node_modules/
-scripts/
 build/
 
 maintenance-worker/
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index fc15aca63..fc6c1f4b3 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ FROM code as build
 # yarn install
 RUN yarn install --production=false --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive
 # yarn build
-RUN yarn run build
+RUN /bin/sh -c "yarn run build"
 
 ##################################################################################
 # TEST ###########################################################################
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 6d6c87cf1..eb8119a8f 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "__migrate": "migrate --compiler 'js:@babel/register' --migrations-dir ./src/db/migrations",
     "prod:migrate": "migrate --migrations-dir ./build/db/migrations --store ./build/db/migrate/store.js",
     "start": "node build/",
-    "build": "tsc && mkdir -p build/middleware/helpers/email/templates/ && cp -r src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/*.html build/middleware/helpers/email/templates/ && mkdir -p build/middleware/helpers/email/templates/en/ && cp -r src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/en/*.html build/middleware/helpers/email/templates/en/ && mkdir -p build/middleware/helpers/email/templates/de/ && cp -r src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/de/*.html build/middleware/helpers/email/templates/de/ && mkdir -p build/schema/types/ && cp -r src/schema/types/*.gql build/schema/types/ && mkdir -p build/schema/types/enum/ && cp -r src/schema/types/enum/*.gql build/schema/types/enum/ && mkdir -p build/schema/types/scalar/ && cp -r src/schema/types/scalar/*.gql build/schema/types/scalar/ && mkdir -p build/schema/types/type/ && cp -r src/schema/types/type/*.gql build/schema/types/type/",
+    "build": "tsc && ./scripts/build.copy.files.sh",
     "dev": "nodemon --exec ts-node src/ -e js,ts,gql",
     "dev:debug": "nodemon --exec babel-node --inspect=0.0.0.0:9229 src/ -e js,gql",
     "lint": "eslint src --config .eslintrc.js",
diff --git a/backend/scripts/build.copy.files.sh b/backend/scripts/build.copy.files.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..85022ba9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/scripts/build.copy.files.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# html files
+mkdir -p build/middleware/helpers/email/templates/
+cp -r src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/*.html build/middleware/helpers/email/templates/
+
+mkdir -p build/middleware/helpers/email/templates/en/
+cp -r src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/en/*.html build/middleware/helpers/email/templates/en/
+
+mkdir -p build/middleware/helpers/email/templates/de/
+cp -r src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/de/*.html build/middleware/helpers/email/templates/de/
+
+# gql files
+mkdir -p build/schema/types/
+cp -r src/schema/types/*.gql build/schema/types/
+
+mkdir -p build/schema/types/enum/
+cp -r src/schema/types/enum/*.gql build/schema/types/enum/
+
+mkdir -p build/schema/types/scalar/
+cp -r src/schema/types/scalar/*.gql build/schema/types/scalar/
+
+mkdir -p build/schema/types/type/
+cp -r src/schema/types/type/*.gql build/schema/types/type/
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