diff --git a/api/Dockerfile b/api/Dockerfile
index 3c596917..b36f83fd 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/api/Dockerfile
@@ -9,38 +9,20 @@ ENV VERSION=$VERSION
 
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:7.0 AS build
 
-# install diagnostics tools
-RUN dotnet tool install --tool-path /tools dotnet-trace
-RUN dotnet tool install --tool-path /tools dotnet-counters
-RUN dotnet tool install --tool-path /tools dotnet-dump
-
-WORKDIR /
+WORKDIR /src
 
 COPY ["api/api.csproj", "api/"]
 COPY ["db/db.csproj", "db/"]
-COPY ["jc-interface-client/jc-interface-client.csproj", "jc-interface-client/"]
-
-RUN dotnet restore ./api/api.csproj
-#RUN dotnet restore ./db/db.csproj
+RUN dotnet restore api/api.csproj
+RUN dotnet restore db/db.csproj
 COPY . .
-
-# Install Node.js and npm 
-RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get install -y nodejs npm 
-RUN npm install -g autorest
-
-# run unit tests
-#RUN dotnet test -c Release
-
+RUN dotnet build "api/api.csproj" -c Release
 # build
 FROM build AS publish
-RUN dotnet publish "api/api.csproj" -c Release -o /app/publish 
-# --runtime linux-musl-x64 --no-self-contained
+RUN dotnet publish "api/api.csproj" -c Release -o /app/publish --runtime linux-musl-x64 --no-self-contained
 
 FROM base AS final
-# copy diagnostics tools
-WORKDIR /tools
-COPY --from=build /tools .
+
 # copy app
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=publish /app/publish .