diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 66ada3ec..0d0fc7c3 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 # Docker
 .docker
 
+# Backend development
+backend/static
+backend/staticfiles
+
+# Frontend development
+frontend/node_modules
+
 # Python
 tubearchivist/__pycache__/
 tubearchivist/*/__pycache__/
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c5d22b51..812a03ba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ __pycache__
 
 # django testing
 backend/static
+backend/staticfiles
 backend/.env
 
 # vscode custom conf