diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0539037b..864b3f1c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -63,14 +63,15 @@ FROM rust as rust_with_env
 # changing our features doesn't change any of the steps above
 ENV WEB3_PROXY_FEATURES "deadlock_detection,rdkafka-src"
 
+# copy the app
+COPY . .
+
 # fetch deps
-RUN --mount=type=bind,target=.,rw \
-    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cargo/git \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cargo/git \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cargo/registry \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/app/target \
     set -eux; \
     \
-    [ -e "./payment-contracts/src/contracts/mod.rs" ] || touch ./payment-contracts/build.rs; \
     cargo --locked --verbose fetch
 
 # build tests (done its in own FROM so that it can run in parallel)
@@ -80,13 +81,11 @@ COPY --from=rust_foundry /root/.foundry/bin/anvil /root/.foundry/bin/
 COPY --from=rust_nextest /root/.cargo/bin/cargo-nextest* /root/.cargo/bin/
 
 # test the application with cargo-nextest
-RUN --mount=type=bind,target=.,rw \
-    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cargo/git \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cargo/git \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cargo/registry \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/app/target \
     set -eux; \
     \
-    [ -e "./payment-contracts/src/contracts/mod.rs" ] || touch ./payment-contracts/build.rs; \
     RUST_LOG=web3_proxy=trace,info \
     cargo \
     --frozen \
@@ -102,13 +101,11 @@ FROM rust_with_env as build_app
 # # build the release application
 # # using a "release" profile (which install does by default) is **very** important
 # # TODO: use the "faster_release" profile which builds with `codegen-units = 1` (but compile is SLOW)
-RUN --mount=type=bind,target=.,rw \
-    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cargo/git \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cargo/git \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cargo/registry \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/app/target \
     set -eux; \
     \
-    [ -e "./payment-contracts/src/contracts/mod.rs" ] || touch ./payment-contracts/build.rs; \
     cargo install \
     --features "$WEB3_PROXY_FEATURES" \
     --frozen \