diff --git a/backend/.vercelignore b/backend/.vercelignore
index 6bdd173d..904baf12 100644
--- a/backend/.vercelignore
+++ b/backend/.vercelignore
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
-# .vercelignore
-__pycache__/
-*.pyc
-*.pyo
-*.pyd
-env/
 venv/
-.DS_Store
-.ipynb_checkpoints/
-tests/
-notebooks/
+.venv/
+.env
+__pycache__/
+
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index c5bdbbe2..8eb562af 100644
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