diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,16 +1,28 @@
-# For more information, please refer to https://aka.ms/vscode-docker-python
 FROM python:3.11-bookworm
-# Turns off buffering for easier container logging
-ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
-# Turns off pyc files
+
+# Keeps Python from generating .pyc files in the container
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
 
-# Install pip requirements
-WORKDIR /Botator
-RUN adduser -u 5678 --disabled-password --gecos "" appuser && chown -R appuser /Botator
+# Turns off buffering for easier container logging
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+
+# we move to the app folder and run the pip install command
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# we copy just the requirements.txt first to leverage Docker cache
 COPY requirements.txt .
+
+# Install pip requirements
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
-COPY . .
+
+
 # Creates a non-root user with an explicit UID and adds permission to access the /app folder
+RUN adduser -u 5574 --disabled-password --gecos "" appuser && chown -R appuser /app
 USER appuser
-CMD ["python", "main.py"]
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+
+# We copy the rest of the codebase into the image
+COPY . /app
+
+# We run the application
+CMD ["python", "main.py"]