diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f9284fe1..71572ed17 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ cypress.json
 
 ## Deployment
 # Docker build artifacts
+/docker/docker-compose.yml
 *-version.txt
 # secrets
 docker/secrets/*.env
diff --git a/docker/build.sh b/docker/build.sh
index b988c9723..cd60a72bb 100755
--- a/docker/build.sh
+++ b/docker/build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ../server/build.sh -t openslides/openslides-server:latest
 ../client/build.sh -t openslides/openslides-client:latest
+
+[[ -f docker-compose.yml ]] || m4 < docker-compose.yml.m4 > docker-compose.yml
+
 docker-compose build