diff --git a/docker/lnd/Dockerfile b/docker/lnd/Dockerfile
index 2d5c4ef0..96255660 100644
--- a/docker/lnd/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/lnd/Dockerfile
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ FROM golang:1.13-alpine as builder
 
 MAINTAINER Olaoluwa Osuntokun <lightning.engineering>
 
-# Copy in the local repository to build from.
-COPY . /go/src/github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd
-
 # Force Go to use the cgo based DNS resolver. This is required to ensure DNS
 # queries required to connect to linked containers succeed.
 ENV GODEBUG netdns=cgo
@@ -12,8 +9,12 @@ ENV GODEBUG netdns=cgo
 # Install dependencies and install/build lnd.
 RUN apk add --no-cache --update alpine-sdk \
     git \
-    make \
-&&  cd /go/src/github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd \
+    make 
+
+# Copy in the local repository to build from.
+COPY . /go/src/github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd
+
+RUN cd /go/src/github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd \
 &&  make \
 &&  make install tags="signrpc walletrpc chainrpc invoicesrpc routerrpc"