diff --git a/.github/workflows/CD.yml b/.github/workflows/CD.yml
index ac4fd85c90..59ba4f460c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CD.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CD.yml
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: 🔨 Build and deploy docker image
     uses: WGBH-MLA/.github/.github/workflows/build.yml@main
+    with:
+      target: production
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fa89b26721..166f2ce5f6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-FROM ruby:2.4.4
+FROM ruby:2.4.4 as base
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
 RUN /bin/echo -e "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian stretch main\ndeb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main\n" > /etc/apt/sources.list
 
-RUN apt update && apt install -y nodejs curl libcurl3 libcurl3-openssl-dev openjdk-8-jdk && apt-get clean
+RUN apt update && apt install -y nodejs curl libcurl3 libcurl3-openssl-dev openjdk-8-jdk
 
 COPY Gemfile Gemfile.lock ./
 
@@ -11,8 +11,17 @@ RUN bundle install
 
 EXPOSE 3000
 
+CMD rake jetty:clean && rake jetty:config && rake jetty:start && bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=development && bundle exec rails s -b 0.0.0.0
+
+FROM base as production
+
 RUN apt-get autoremove -y \
     && apt-get clean -y \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-CMD rake jetty:clean && rake jetty:config && rake jetty:start && bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=development && bundle exec rails s -b 0.0.0.0
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN rake jetty:clean && rake jetty:config 
+
+CMD rake jetty:start && bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production && bundle exec rails s -b 0.0.0.0