diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 4b1e5793..2b109323 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@ x-transcoder: &transcoder-base
   environment:
     - GOCODER_PREFIX=/video
   volumes:
-    - ./transcoder:/app
     - ${LIBRARY_ROOT}:/video:ro
     - ${CACHE_ROOT}:/cache
     - transcoder_metadata:/metadata
+  develop:
+    watch:
+      - action: sync+restart
+        path: ./transcoder
+        target: /app
 
 services:
   # front:
diff --git a/transcoder/.dockerignore b/transcoder/.dockerignore
index 2f7896d1..26f014e6 100644
--- a/transcoder/.dockerignore
+++ b/transcoder/.dockerignore
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-target/
+**
+!/go.mod
+!/go.sum
+!/**.go
+!/migrations
+# genereated via swag
+!/docs
diff --git a/transcoder/Dockerfile b/transcoder/Dockerfile
index 8c7af3e6..1d14680d 100644
--- a/transcoder/Dockerfile
+++ b/transcoder/Dockerfile
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 	ffmpeg libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev \
 	&& apt-get clean autoclean -y \
 	&& apt-get autoremove -y
+
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY go.mod go.sum ./
 RUN go mod download
+
 COPY . .
-RUN go build -o ./transcoder
+RUN GOOS=linux go build -o ./transcoder
 
 # debian is required for nvidia hardware acceleration
 # we use trixie (debian's testing because ffmpeg on latest is v5 and we need v6)
diff --git a/transcoder/Dockerfile.dev b/transcoder/Dockerfile.dev
index 773bd23b..b3ccf9b7 100644
--- a/transcoder/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/transcoder/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 ENV SSL_CERT_DIR=/etc/ssl/certs
 RUN update-ca-certificates
 
-RUN go install github.com/bokwoon95/wgo@latest
-
 # read target arch from buildx or default to amd64 if using legacy builder.
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ENV TARGETARCH=${TARGETARCH:-amd64}
@@ -51,5 +49,7 @@ ENV NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES="all"
 COPY go.mod go.sum ./
 RUN go mod download
 
+COPY . .
+
 EXPOSE 7666
-CMD ["wgo", "run", "-race", "."]
+CMD ["go", "run", "-race", "."]