diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 6896649..2f37766 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ __pycache__
 .pytest_cache
 .mypy_cache
 .ruff_cache
+build
 data
 logs
 *.pyc
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 85866d7..c354a8f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ Thumbs.db
 !.env.example
 secrets/
 
+# Local build artifacts
+build/
+
 # Local database / runtime data
 data/*.duckdb
 data/*.duckdb.wal