diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 70b26d8b..15deb670 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -40,3 +40,9 @@
 !packages/hypergraph-react/tsconfig.json
 !packages/hypergraph-react/tsconfig.src.json
 !packages/hypergraph-react/tsconfig.build.json
+
+!packages/typesync/package.json
+!packages/typesync/src
+!packages/typesync/tsconfig.json
+!packages/typesync/tsconfig.src.json
+!packages/typesync/tsconfig.build.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index cac8de58..541738b6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ cd apps/typesync
 pnpm publish --tag latest
 ```
 
+## Build and run the Docker image locally
+
+```sh
+docker build . -t hypergraph
+docker run -it --rm --name=hypergraph hypergraph:latest
+```
+
+
 ## Deploying your own SyncServer to Railway
 
 Setup a service and attach a volume under `/data` to it.