diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 96ef862..0000000
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-target/
-.idea/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2585f0a..f04bad4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - run: docker build --tag "pod-graceful-drain:latest" .
+      - run: |
+          docker build --file docker/build.Dockerfile \
+            --tag "pod-graceful-drain:latest" \
+            .
       - run: docker image save --output pod-graceful-drain.tar pod-graceful-drain
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 96ef862..d543f60 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+.venv/
+
 target/
+
 .idea/
diff --git a/docker/build.Dockerfile b/docker/build.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1887c7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/build.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM rust:1.79-slim-bookworm as builder
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git
+RUN mkdir /src
+WORKDIR /src
+COPY . /src/
+RUN cargo install --path .
+
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/cargo/bin/pod-graceful-drain /app/pod-graceful-drain
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/pod-graceful-drain"]
diff --git a/docker/build.Dockerfile.dockerignore b/docker/build.Dockerfile.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fea67c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/build.Dockerfile.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/.github/
+/charts/
+/tests/
+/.gitignore
+/LICENSE
+/README.md
+/.python-version
+/pyproject.toml
+/requirements.lock
+/requirements-dev.lock
+/skaffold.yaml
+
+/target/
+/.venv/
+
+/.idea/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/docker/skaffold.Dockerfile
similarity index 75%
rename from Dockerfile
rename to docker/skaffold.Dockerfile
index b3d1eb6..c89f974 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/skaffold.Dockerfile
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@ WORKDIR /src
 COPY ./Cargo.* /src/
 RUN cargo fetch --verbose
 
-FROM fetch as builder
+FROM rust:1.79-slim-bookworm as git
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git
+
+FROM git as builder
+RUN mkdir /src
+WORKDIR /src
+COPY --from=fetch /src/ /src/
 COPY . /src/
 RUN cargo install --path .
 
diff --git a/docker/skaffold.Dockerfile.dockerignore b/docker/skaffold.Dockerfile.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..686b80b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/skaffold.Dockerfile.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/.git/
+/.github/
+/charts/
+/tests/
+/.gitignore
+/LICENSE
+/README.md
+/.python-version
+/pyproject.toml
+/requirements.lock
+/requirements-dev.lock
+/skaffold.yaml
+
+/target/
+/.venv/
+
+/.idea/
+
diff --git a/skaffold.yaml b/skaffold.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfdad79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skaffold.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# skaffold is just to help tighten the local development/test loop
+apiVersion: skaffold/v4beta11
+kind: Config
+metadata:
+  name: pod-graceful-drain
+build:
+  artifacts:
+    - image: ghcr.io/foriequal0/pod-graceful-drain
+      docker:
+        dockerfile: docker/skaffold.Dockerfile
+      context: .
+  local:
+    push: false
+    useBuildkit: true
+    concurrency: 0
+deploy:
+  helm:
+    releases:
+      - name: pod-graceful-drain
+        chartPath: charts/pod-graceful-drain
+        valuesFiles:
+          - charts/pod-graceful-drain/values.yaml
+        setValues:
+          experimentalGeneralIngress: true
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