diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 3c378fc..2a5730d 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ server/webui/dist
 /artex
 data
 keys
+backups
+.env
+config.json
+jwt.key
 *.db
 transcripts
 bench/kv
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5bdbc0b..da3f6c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ The web UI is published on `127.0.0.1` by default. To reach it from another mach
 git clone https://github.com/BaaRai/ARTEX.git
 cd ARTEX
 cp .env.example .env          # set POSTGRES_PASSWORD, optionally ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
-# build the single binary first (frontend, then go build -tags embedui), see the Dockerfile header
 docker compose up -d --build  # builds artex from this checkout + starts postgres
 # → http://localhost:8787
 ```