diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 5ce5f826..b77cda83 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ tmp
 frontend/node_modules
 .next
 node_modules
-source/dist
-frontend/dist
 Dockerfile
 Dockerfile.base
 !dev/dev-env.sh
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3211c429..0a349e1c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ frontend-build:
 	cp -r source/tmpl/*.* source/dist/
 
 # compile assets using SASS and Rice. compiles scss -> css, and run rice embed-go
-compile: frontend-build generate
+compile: generate frontend-build
 	cd source && rice embed-go
 
 build: clean