diff --git a/API/API.csproj b/API/API.csproj
index 99e95d1..1cb680c 100644
--- a/API/API.csproj
+++ b/API/API.csproj
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
     <DockerfileContext>.</DockerfileContext>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <_ContentIncludedByDefault Remove="appsettings.json" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.S3" Version="3.7.402.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="BCrypt.Net-Next" Version="4.0.3" />