diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b39cc90..c5e2de2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
       - The database name is free to chose but in this example the database name 'contao' is being used
   - Another way is to connect to phpmyadmin via [localhost:8080](http://localhost/8080) 
     as it's configured in docker-compose.yml
-  - If you install / create containers for the first time, copy the contao-manager.phar.php from ".docker/contao" folder
-    to the folder "app/contao/public" folder
 - Open [contao manager](http://localhost/contao/install) in browser after database creation in order to install contao
   - Step through the installation process until you get to enter the database credentials
   - NOTE: the 'host' isn't 'localhost' here, use the name of the database service 'database' as it's configured in
diff --git a/app/contao/.gitignore b/app/contao/.gitignore
index 7b70f1b..e19b807 100644
--- a/app/contao/.gitignore
+++ b/app/contao/.gitignore
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 # Generated folders
 /assets/
 /files/
-/public/
+/public/*
+!/public/contao-manager.phar.php
 /system/*
 !/system/config/
 /system/config/localconfig.php
diff --git a/.docker/contao/contao-manager.phar.php b/app/contao/public/contao-manager.phar.php
similarity index 100%
rename from .docker/contao/contao-manager.phar.php
rename to app/contao/public/contao-manager.phar.php