diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 71043729..c6135da8 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 !app/
 app/staticfiles/
 app/db.sqlite3
+app/server/node_modules/
 !data/
 !tests/
 !tools/
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1ca8a1c4..39ac6ff9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -199,3 +199,6 @@ pip-selfcheck.json
 
 # ignore django generated static files
 app/staticfiles/
+
+# ignore javascript dependencies
+node_modules/