diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bd63fa7d5..3520b961f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ zap-report/*
 sonarqube_data
 sonarqube_extensions
 sonarqube_logs
+jenkins_data
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b67210092..2dbfce412 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
-# First stage: Build the application using Maven
-FROM maven:3.8.1-openjdk-17 AS build
-WORKDIR /app
-
-# Copy the Maven wrapper and the pom.xml file
-COPY .mvn/ .mvn
-COPY mvnw pom.xml ./
-
-# Copy the project source code
-COPY src ./src
-
-# Package the application
-RUN ./mvnw package
-
-# Second stage: Use an official OpenJDK runtime as a parent image
-FROM openjdk
-WORKDIR /app
-
-# Copy the JAR file from the build stage
-COPY --from=build /app/target/*.jar app.jar
-
-# Run the jar file
-CMD ["java", "-jar", "app.jar"]
-
-# Expose the port the app runs on
-EXPOSE 8080
+# Use an official OpenJDK runtime as a parent image
+FROM openjdk
+
+# Set the working directory inside the container
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy the Maven wrapper and the pom.xml file
+COPY .mvn/ .mvn
+COPY mvnw pom.xml ./
+
+# Copy the project source code
+COPY src ./src
+
+# Package the application
+RUN ./mvnw clean package -DskipTests
+
+# Copy the JAR file to the app directory
+COPY target/*.jar app.jar
+
+# Run the jar file
+CMD ["java", "-jar", "app.jar"]
+
+# Expose the port the app runs on
+EXPOSE 8080