diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f3a62020a..57d9d9ab7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ WORKDIR /workspace
 # Copy the Go Modules manifests
 COPY go.mod go.mod
 COPY go.sum go.sum
+COPY api/ api/
 # cache deps before building and copying source so that we don't need to re-download as much
 # and so that source changes don't invalidate our downloaded layer
 RUN go mod download
 
 # Copy the go source
 COPY main.go main.go
-COPY api/ api/
 COPY controllers/ controllers/
 
 # Build