diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e90821f0..8532168b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ jobs:
           name: build docker images and push them to dockerhub
           command: |
             docker login -u $DOCKER_USER -p $DOCKER_PASS
-            docker build -t praqma/helmsman:$CIRCLE_TAG-helm-v2.16.7 --build-arg HELM_VERSION=v2.16.7 --build-arg HELM_DIFF_VERSION=master dockerfile/. --no-cache
+            docker build -t praqma/helmsman:$CIRCLE_TAG-helm-v2.16.7 --build-arg HELM_VERSION=v2.16.7 --build-arg HELM_DIFF_VERSION=master -f dockerfile/dockerfile --no-cache .
             docker push praqma/helmsman:$CIRCLE_TAG-helm-v2.16.7
-            docker build -t praqma/helmsman:$CIRCLE_TAG-helm-v2.15.2 --build-arg HELM_VERSION=v2.15.2 --build-arg HELM_DIFF_VERSION=master dockerfile/. --no-cache
+            docker build -t praqma/helmsman:$CIRCLE_TAG-helm-v2.15.2 --build-arg HELM_VERSION=v2.15.2 --build-arg HELM_DIFF_VERSION=master -f dockerfile/dockerfile --no-cache .
             docker push praqma/helmsman:$CIRCLE_TAG-helm-v2.15.2
 
       - run:
diff --git a/dockerfile/dockerfile b/dockerfile/dockerfile
index c1abc71f..eba12731 100644
--- a/dockerfile/dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfile/dockerfile
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ FROM golang:${GO_VERSION}-alpine3.10 as builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/
 
 RUN apk --no-cache add make git dep
-RUN git clone https://github.com/Praqma/helmsman.git
+COPY . helmsman/
+
+WORKDIR /go/src/helmsman
 
 #  build a statically linked binary so that it works on stripped linux images such as alpine/busybox.
-RUN cd helmsman \
-    && LastTag=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags) \
+RUN LastTag=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags) \
     && TAG=$LastTag-$(date +"%d%m%y") \
     && LT_SHA=$(git rev-parse ${LastTag}^{}) \
     && LC_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD) \