try with different dockerfile

.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Exclude all files
+**
+
+# Include only necessary directories and files
+!pypi_scout/
+!poetry.lock
+!pyproject.toml
+!start.sh

Dockerfile

@@ -5,27 +5,31 @@ FROM python:3.10-slim-bookworm
 ENV POETRY_VERSION=1.6 \
     POETRY_VIRTUALENVS_CREATE=false
 
-# Install poetry
-RUN pip install "poetry==$POETRY_VERSION"
+# Install poetry and clean up
+RUN pip install "poetry==$POETRY_VERSION" && \
+    rm -rf /root/.cache/pip
 
-# Copy only requirements to cache them in docker layer
+# Set work directory
 WORKDIR /code
+
+# Copy only requirements to cache them in docker layer
 COPY poetry.lock pyproject.toml /code/
 
-# Project initialization:
-RUN poetry install --no-interaction --no-ansi --no-root --no-dev
+# Install project dependencies and clean up
+RUN poetry install --no-interaction --no-ansi --no-root --no-dev && \
+    rm -rf /root/.cache/pip
 
 # Copy Python code to the Docker image
 COPY pypi_scout /code/pypi_scout/
 
-ENV PYTHONPATH=/code
-
 # Copy the start script and make executable
 COPY start.sh /start.sh
 RUN chmod +x /start.sh
 
 # Make empty data directory
 RUN mkdir -p /code/data
 
+ENV PYTHONPATH=/code
+
 # Use the script as the entrypoint
 ENTRYPOINT ["/start.sh"]