diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 188cb3f..ccaabf9 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ uploads/
 settings_production.py
 *.md
 docs/
-logs/
\ No newline at end of file
+logs/
+static/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e2f7aab..9b14ebe 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3
+FROM python:3.11
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 WORKDIR /code/djangoblog/
 RUN  apt-get update && \