diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d9c5635..0dbee43 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 ARG ARCH=amd64
 ARG ELECTRUM_VERSION=3.3.8
+ARG ELECTRUM_INSTALL_DIR=/opt/electrum
 
-FROM $ARCH/python:3.7-slim-buster
+FROM $ARCH/python:3.7-slim-buster as builder
 
 ARG ELECTRUM_VERSION
-ENV ELECTRUM_INSTALL_DIR /opt/electrum
+ARG ELECTRUM_INSTALL_DIR
 
 RUN mkdir $ELECTRUM_INSTALL_DIR
 WORKDIR $ELECTRUM_INSTALL_DIR
@@ -14,9 +15,20 @@ RUN apt-get install -y git
 RUN git clone git://github.com/spesmilo/electrum.git $ELECTRUM_INSTALL_DIR
 RUN git checkout $ELECTRUM_VERSION
 RUN git submodule update --init
-RUN apt-get install -y build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev libsecp256k1-0
+RUN apt-get install -y build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev
 RUN python3 -m pip install --user . cryptography
-RUN ln -s $ELECTRUM_INSTALL_DIR/run_electrum /usr/local/bin/electrum
+
+FROM $ARCH/python:3.7-slim-buster as ephemeral-electrum
+
+ARG ELECTRUM_INSTALL_DIR
+
+COPY --from=builder $ELECTRUM_INSTALL_DIR $ELECTRUM_INSTALL_DIR
+COPY --from=builder /root/.local /root/.local
+
+RUN ln -s $ELECTRUM_INSTALL_DIR/run_electrum /usr/local/bin/electrum && \
+  apt-get update && \
+  apt-get install -y libsecp256k1-0 && \
+  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
 WORKDIR /root