diff --git a/bot/Dockerfile b/bot/Dockerfile
index 1070ad9..46399a3 100644
--- a/bot/Dockerfile
+++ b/bot/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ FROM python:3.11-slim
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY requirements.txt .
-RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt && pip cache purge
 
 # Install system dependencies
 # ffmpeg: video/audio processing for media handling
@@ -18,11 +18,29 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     gnupg \
     lsb-release \
  && apt-get clean \
- && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+ && rm -rf /usr/share/doc
 
 # Install Playwright browsers with system dependencies (for UNO automation)
 RUN playwright install --with-deps chromium
 
+# Remove unused system packages to reduce image size
+# Note: Playwright installs many dependencies; we remove what we can safely
+RUN apt-get remove -y \
+    pocketsphinx-en-us \
+    pocketsphinx \
+    libflite1 \
+    libpocketsphinx3 \
+    mesa-vulkan-drivers \
+    mesa-va-drivers \
+    mesa-vdpau-drivers \
+    libvulkan1 \
+ || true && \
+apt-get autoremove -y && \
+apt-get install -y libgl1 libglib2.0-0 && \
+apt-get clean && \
+rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 # Install Docker CLI and docker compose plugin so the bot can build/create the face detector container
 RUN set -eux; \
     curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg; \
@@ -35,6 +53,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 COPY bot.py .
 COPY server_manager.py .
 COPY command_router.py .
+COPY config.py .
 COPY utils /app/utils
 COPY commands /app/commands
 COPY memory /app/memory