diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index c2eabeca..a56310cd 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
 .venv
-.env
\ No newline at end of file
+.env
+.git
+.gitignore
+.github
+Dockerfile
+examples
+docs
+*.md
+dev.sh
+dev-docker.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yaml
index 5dab1b59..62398b43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ jobs:
             extract_flavor: suffix=-cuda,onlatest=true
             build_args: |
                 USE_CUDA=true
+    
+    build-minimum-image:
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/build-docker-image.yaml
+        with:
+            image_name: ${{ github.repository }}
+            cache_id: minimum
+            image_tag: type=raw,enable=${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }},prefix=,suffix=,value=minimum
+            extract_flavor: suffix=-minimum,onlatest=true
+            build_args: |
+                MINIMUM_BUILD=true
 
     merge-main-images:
         uses: ./.github/workflows/merge-docker-images.yaml
@@ -39,3 +49,12 @@ jobs:
             cache_id: cuda
             extract_flavor: suffix=-cuda,onlatest=true
             extract_tags: type=raw,enable=${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }},prefix=,suffix=,value=cuda
+
+    merge-minimum-images:
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/merge-docker-images.yaml
+        needs: [build-minimum-image]
+        with:
+            image_name: ${{ github.repository }}
+            cache_id: minimum
+            extract_flavor: suffix=-minimum,onlatest=true
+            extract_tags: type=raw,enable=${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }},prefix=,suffix=,value=minimum
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5d2677df..478b6151 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm AS base
 
 # Use args
+ARG MINIMUM_BUILD
 ARG USE_CUDA
 ARG USE_CUDA_VER
 
@@ -8,11 +9,12 @@ ARG USE_CUDA_VER
 ENV ENV=prod \
     PORT=9099 \
     # pass build args to the build
+    MINIMUM_BUILD=${MINIMUM_BUILD} \
     USE_CUDA_DOCKER=${USE_CUDA} \
     USE_CUDA_DOCKER_VER=${USE_CUDA_VER}
 
-
-# Install GCC and build tools
+# Install GCC and build tools. 
+# These are kept in the final image to enable installing packages on the fly.
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y gcc build-essential curl git && \
     apt-get clean && \
@@ -22,13 +24,20 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install Python dependencies
 COPY ./requirements.txt .
-RUN pip3 install uv && \
-    if [ "$USE_CUDA" = "true" ]; then \
-    pip3 install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/$USE_CUDA_DOCKER_VER --no-cache-dir; \
+COPY ./requirements-minimum.txt .
+RUN pip3 install uv
+RUN if [ "$MINIMUM_BUILD" != "true" ]; then \
+        if [ "$USE_CUDA_DOCKER" = "true" ]; then \
+            pip3 install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/$USE_CUDA_DOCKER_VER --no-cache-dir; \
+        else \
+            pip3 install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu --no-cache-dir; \    
+        fi \
+    fi
+RUN if [ "$MINIMUM_BUILD" = "true" ]; then \
+        uv pip install --system -r requirements-minimum.txt --no-cache-dir; \
     else \
-    pip3 install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu --no-cache-dir; \    
+        uv pip install --system -r requirements.txt --no-cache-dir; \
     fi
-RUN uv pip install --system -r requirements.txt --no-cache-dir
 
 # Copy the application code
 COPY . .
@@ -37,4 +46,4 @@ COPY . .
 ENV HOST="0.0.0.0"
 ENV PORT="9099"
 
-ENTRYPOINT [ "bash", "start.sh" ]
\ No newline at end of file
+ENTRYPOINT [ "bash", "start.sh" ]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d94e15fc..5e78ab42 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <p align="center">
-  <a href="#"><img src="./header.png" alt="Pipelines Logo"></a>
+  <a href="#"><img src="./docs/images/header.png" alt="Pipelines Logo"></a>
 </p>
 
 # Pipelines: UI-Agnostic OpenAI API Plugin Framework
diff --git a/header.png b/docs/images/header.png
similarity index 100%
rename from header.png
rename to docs/images/header.png
diff --git a/requirements-minimum.txt b/requirements-minimum.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..559be6aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-minimum.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+fastapi==0.111.0
+uvicorn[standard]==0.22.0
+pydantic==2.7.1
+python-multipart==0.0.9
+python-socketio
+grpcio
+
+passlib==1.7.4
+passlib[bcrypt]
+PyJWT[crypto]
+
+requests==2.32.2
+aiohttp==3.9.5
+httpx
+