diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6cef4cd..e303fe3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 ENV GOTOOLCHAIN=auto
 
-COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+COPY src/go.mod src/go.sum ./
 RUN go mod download
 
-COPY . ./
+COPY src/ ./
 
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$TARGETOS GOARCH=$TARGETARCH go build -o /ax .
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$TARGETOS GOARCH=$TARGETARCH \
+    go build -ldflags="-s -w" -trimpath -o /ax .
 
 FROM alpine:latest
 
@@ -17,10 +18,8 @@ RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates
 
 WORKDIR /data
 
-COPY --from=builder /ax /app/ax
-
-ENV AX_DB_PATH=/data/.ax.db
+COPY --from=builder /ax /usr/local/bin/ax
 
 EXPOSE 7000
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/app/ax", "serve"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["ax"]
diff --git a/src/store/graph_store_sqlite.go b/src/store/graph_store_sqlite.go
index f9b5abf..d3ffe1e 100644
--- a/src/store/graph_store_sqlite.go
+++ b/src/store/graph_store_sqlite.go
@@ -59,14 +59,9 @@ func InitSQLiteStore(path string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// FindAndOpenSQLiteStore opens the SQLite database. If the AX_DB_PATH environment
-// variable is set, it uses that path directly. Otherwise, it walks up from the
+// FindAndOpenSQLiteStore opens the SQLite database by walking up from the
 // current working directory to find an .ax/ax.db file.
 func FindAndOpenSQLiteStore() (GraphStore, error) {
-	if dbpath := os.Getenv("AX_DB_PATH"); dbpath != "" {
-		return NewSQLiteStore(dbpath)
-	}
-
 	dataRoot, err := FindDataRoot(".local", "share")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to find data dir: %w", err)