diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 712b38e..a68c7bc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,25 +9,21 @@ RUN npm run build:container
 ## Build the NestJS backend
 FROM node:22-alpine AS backend-build
 WORKDIR /app
-ENV CI=true
 COPY myteamwallet_backend/package.json myteamwallet_backend/package-lock.json ./
-RUN npm ci
+RUN npm ci --ignore-scripts
 COPY myteamwallet_backend/ ./
 RUN npm run build
 
 ## Runtime image: backend + frontend static assets, external DB only
 FROM node:22-alpine
 WORKDIR /app
-ENV CI=true
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache bash
 
 COPY myteamwallet_backend/package.json myteamwallet_backend/package-lock.json ./
-RUN npm ci
+RUN npm ci --omit=dev --ignore-scripts
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
 COPY --from=backend-build /app/dist ./dist
-COPY myteamwallet_backend/src ./src
-COPY myteamwallet_backend/tsconfig.json ./tsconfig.json
 COPY myteamwallet_backend/wait-for-it.sh ./wait-for-it.sh
 COPY myteamwallet_backend/docker-entrypoint.sh ./docker-entrypoint.sh
 RUN sed -i 's/\r$//' wait-for-it.sh docker-entrypoint.sh \
diff --git a/myteamwallet_backend/docker-entrypoint.sh b/myteamwallet_backend/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 00a7a68..b8b4d99 100644
--- a/myteamwallet_backend/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/myteamwallet_backend/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ set -e
 echo "Waiting for database at ${DATABASE_HOST}:${DATABASE_PORT}..."
 bash ./wait-for-it.sh "${DATABASE_HOST}:${DATABASE_PORT}" -t 60
 
-echo "Running database migrations..."
-# env-cmd (used by migration:run) requires an .env file to exist, even though
-# the real config already arrived as process env vars via `docker run --env-file`.
-touch .env
-npm run migration:run
+# No automatic migration:run here: the checked-in TypeORM migrations are
+# Postgres-specific and fail against the real MySQL database. Schema is kept
+# in sync via DATABASE_SYNCHRONIZE, matching current production behavior.
 
 echo "Starting application..."
 exec node dist/main