diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbda742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Git
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.github/
+
+# Python
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+
+# Virtual environments
+venv/
+.venv/
+env/
+
+# Secrets & credentials (inject at runtime via env vars or secrets)
+.env
+.envrc
+firebase-service-account-key.json
+ca-certificate.crt
+
+# Docker
+docker-compose.yml
+.dockerignore
+
+# Logs
+*.log
+
+# macOS
+.DS_Store
+
+# IDEs
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+
+# Docs
+README.md
diff --git a/.env_template b/.env_template
index 56b5add..c0a06b5 100644
--- a/.env_template
+++ b/.env_template
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ YOUTUBE_API_KEY=
 MONGO_URI=
 MONGO_DB=
 STAGE=
-DAILY_SUN_URL=
\ No newline at end of file
+DAILY_SUN_URL=
+JWT_SECRET_KEY=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7e14a5b..c032a5d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,43 @@
-venv/
-.venv
+# Python
 __pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*.pyd
+*.pyo
+.Python
+
+# Virtual environments
+venv/
+.venv/
+env/
+ENV/
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+build/
+dist/
+*.egg-info/
+*.egg
+
+# Testing & coverage
+.pytest_cache/
+.coverage
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+
+# Logs
+*.log
+pip-log.txt
+
+# Secrets & credentials
 .env
 .envrc
+firebase-service-account-key.json
+ca-certificate.crt
+
+# macOS
 .DS_Store
-ca-certificate.crt
\ No newline at end of file
+
+# IDEs
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+*.swp
+*.swo
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d1ed69..0000000
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "score-backend",
-  "lockfileVersion": 3,
-  "requires": true,
-  "packages": {}
-}