diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index ea89591..1e682c9 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 # don't send hidden files and folders, they are non-essential to the 
 # build process
 .*
+
+# ignore files downloaded from scihub
+**/*.SAFE
+**/*.zip