diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 77207cd..d302ff4 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-source
-logs
+source  # this is a temporary directory we have to mount to allow snapshoting to
+logs  # this is a folder for the volume logs are written to
 .git
 .gitignore
+README.md
+id_rsa
+docker-compose.yml
+Dockerfile
+.dockerignore
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5e29bef..f7cb686 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 source
 logs
+id_rsa
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a28b4ed..d086498 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-FROM alpine:3.18.2
+FROM alpine:3.20.0
 
 USER root
 
 RUN apk --no-cache add btrfs-progs openssh borgbackup bash coreutils
 
-COPY id_rsa /id_rsa
 COPY ssh_config /etc/ssh/
 COPY src /src
 COPY exclude.conf /exclude.conf
diff --git a/ssh_config b/ssh_config
index faad7a0..7017c33 100644
--- a/ssh_config
+++ b/ssh_config
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 Host *
     StrictHostKeyChecking no
-    IdentityFile /id_rsa
     ServerAliveInterval 30
     ServerAliveCountMax 3