diff --git a/JSMR.Api/Dockerfile b/JSMR.Api/Dockerfile
index d2dfcb9..50598fa 100644
--- a/JSMR.Api/Dockerfile
+++ b/JSMR.Api/Dockerfile
@@ -2,23 +2,23 @@
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:9.0 AS build
 WORKDIR /src
 
-# copy solution + restore-friendly files first for better layer caching
+# Copy solution + project files first (better layer caching)
 COPY JSMR.sln ./
-COPY src/JSMR.Api/JSMR.Api.csproj src/JSMR.Api/
-COPY src/JSMR.Application/JSMR.Application.csproj src/JSMR.Application/
-COPY src/JSMR.Domain/JSMR.Domain.csproj src/JSMR.Domain/
-COPY src/JSMR.Infrastructure/JSMR.Infrastructure.csproj src/JSMR.Infrastructure/
-RUN dotnet restore src/JSMR.Api/JSMR.Api.csproj
+COPY JSMR/JSMR.Api/JSMR.Api.csproj JSMR/JSMR.Api/
+COPY JSMR/JSMR.Application/JSMR.Application.csproj JSMR/JSMR.Application/
+COPY JSMR/JSMR.Domain/JSMR.Domain.csproj JSMR/JSMR.Domain/
+COPY JSMR/JSMR.Infrastructure/JSMR.Infrastructure.csproj JSMR/JSMR.Infrastructure/
 
-# now copy the rest and publish
-COPY src/ ./src/
-RUN dotnet publish src/JSMR.Api/JSMR.Api.csproj -c Release -o /app/publish --no-restore
+RUN dotnet restore JSMR/JSMR.Api/JSMR.Api.csproj
+
+# Copy the rest of the source and publish
+COPY JSMR/ ./JSMR/
+RUN dotnet publish JSMR/JSMR.Api/JSMR.Api.csproj -c Release -o /app/publish --no-restore
 
 # --- Runtime stage ---
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:9.0 AS runtime
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=build /app/publish ./
-# optional: set ASPNETCORE_URLS to port 8080
 ENV ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://+:8080
 EXPOSE 8080
 ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "JSMR.Api.dll"]