diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index df0362e6e..65705ced1 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ COPY . .
 
 RUN python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-ARG CONF_FOLDER=$LICHESS_DIR/config
-
-RUN chmod +x docker/copy_files.sh
+RUN chmod +x docker/copy_files.sh && ln -s $LICHESS_DIR/config/config.yml config.yml
 
 CMD docker/copy_files.sh && python3 lichess-bot.py ${OPTIONS} --disable_auto_logging
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.dockerignore b/docker/Dockerfile.dockerignore
index eca9dafc7..332436192 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.dockerignore
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.dockerignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+docker/*
+!docker/copy_files.sh
 docs/
 wiki/
 .git*
diff --git a/docker/copy_files.sh b/docker/copy_files.sh
index 57a55afd5..c7f3bcf3b 100644
--- a/docker/copy_files.sh
+++ b/docker/copy_files.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-ln -s /lichess-bot/config/config.yml /lichess-bot/
-
 if [ -e /lichess-bot/config/homemade.py ]; then
     ln -sf /lichess-bot/config/homemade.py /lichess-bot/
 fi