diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 0da008a..c69773a 100755
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -7,10 +7,28 @@
 /prgs/
 /flask_server.log
 /routes/__pycache__/
-/routes/utils/__pycache__/
-/test.sh
-/__pycache__/
-/Dockerfile
-/docker-compose.yaml
-/README.md
-/config
\ No newline at end of file
+routes/utils/__pycache__/
+test.sh
+__pycache__/
+routes/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-312.pyc
+routes/__pycache__/credentials.cpython-312.pyc
+routes/__pycache__/search.cpython-312.pyc
+routes/utils/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-312.pyc
+routes/utils/__pycache__/credentials.cpython-312.pyc
+routes/utils/__pycache__/search.cpython-312.pyc
+routes/utils/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-312.pyc
+routes/utils/__pycache__/credentials.cpython-312.pyc
+routes/utils/__pycache__/search.cpython-312.pyc
+routes/utils/__pycache__/credentials.cpython-312.pyc
+routes/utils/__pycache__/search.cpython-312.pyc
+routes/utils/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-312.pyc
+routes/utils/__pycache__/credentials.cpython-312.pyc
+routes/utils/__pycache__/search.cpython-312.pyc
+search_test.py
+config/main.json
+.cache
+config/state/queue_state.json
+output.log
+queue_state.json
+search_demo.py
+celery_worker.log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7214bbc..4f0c256 100755
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
-FROM python:3.9-slim
+FROM python:3.12-slim
 
 # Set the working directory in the container
 WORKDIR /app