diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..941f4fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.git
+.gitea
+.github
+.venv
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+.pytest_cache/
+.mypy_cache/
+.ruff_cache/
+.coverage
+.benchmarks/
+media/
+staticfiles/
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index f5eef87..8110b22 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -11,25 +11,22 @@ jobs:
   ci:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME: gitea-pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.run_id }}
+      CI_IMAGE: nohype-ci:${{ github.run_id }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Clean previous compose project
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ci.yml down -v --remove-orphans || true
-
       - name: Build
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ci.yml build
+        run: docker build -t "$CI_IMAGE" .
 
       - name: Ruff
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ci.yml run --rm --no-deps web ruff check .
+        run: docker run --rm "$CI_IMAGE" ruff check .
 
       - name: Mypy
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ci.yml run --rm --no-deps web mypy apps config
+        run: docker run --rm "$CI_IMAGE" mypy apps config
 
       - name: Pytest
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ci.yml run --rm web pytest
+        run: docker run --rm -e DATABASE_URL=sqlite:////tmp/ci.sqlite3 "$CI_IMAGE" pytest
 
-      - name: Final cleanup
+      - name: Remove CI image
         if: always()
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ci.yml down -v --remove-orphans || true
+        run: docker image rm -f "$CI_IMAGE" || true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f303ce5..8110b22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -11,25 +11,22 @@ jobs:
   ci:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME: gh-pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.run_id }}
+      CI_IMAGE: nohype-ci:${{ github.run_id }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Clean previous compose project
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ci.yml down -v --remove-orphans || true
-
       - name: Build
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ci.yml build
+        run: docker build -t "$CI_IMAGE" .
 
       - name: Ruff
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ci.yml run --rm --no-deps web ruff check .
+        run: docker run --rm "$CI_IMAGE" ruff check .
 
       - name: Mypy
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ci.yml run --rm --no-deps web mypy apps config
+        run: docker run --rm "$CI_IMAGE" mypy apps config
 
       - name: Pytest
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ci.yml run --rm web pytest
+        run: docker run --rm -e DATABASE_URL=sqlite:////tmp/ci.sqlite3 "$CI_IMAGE" pytest
 
-      - name: Final cleanup
+      - name: Remove CI image
         if: always()
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ci.yml down -v --remove-orphans || true
+        run: docker image rm -f "$CI_IMAGE" || true