diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c910efb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+__pycache__
+*.pyc
+build/
+dist/
+MANIFEST
+.idea/
+.ipynb_checkpoints/
+*.egg-info/
+.git
+.gitignore
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a5867ae..adc1c1f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ MAINTAINER Brendan Rius <ping@brendan-rius.com>
 
 USER root
 
-COPY ./ /home/$NB_USER/.jupyter/jupyter_c_kernel/
-RUN pip install /home/$NB_USER/.jupyter/jupyter_c_kernel/
-RUN jupyter-kernelspec install /home/$NB_USER/.jupyter/jupyter_c_kernel/c_spec/
+RUN mkdir /jupyter
+
+WORKDIR /jupyter
+
+COPY ./ jupyter_c_kernel/
+RUN pip install -e jupyter_c_kernel/
+
+RUN jupyter-kernelspec install jupyter_c_kernel/c_spec/
+
+WORKDIR /home/$NB_USER/