diff --git a/ckan/Dockerfile b/ckan/Dockerfile
index 6592438..ebab42f 100644
--- a/ckan/Dockerfile
+++ b/ckan/Dockerfile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN if ! [ /usr/share/zoneinfo/${TZ} -ef /etc/localtime ]; then \
 # runtime mounted ones)
 # See https://github.com/okfn/docker-ckan#applying-patches
 
-COPY patches ${APP_DIR}/
+COPY ./patches ${APP_DIR}/patches
 
 RUN for d in ${APP_DIR}/patches/*; do \
         if [ -d $d ]; then \
diff --git a/ckan/Dockerfile.dev b/ckan/Dockerfile.dev
index f3ab3f1..4f1366c 100644
--- a/ckan/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/ckan/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ RUN if ! [ /usr/share/zoneinfo/${TZ} -ef /etc/localtime ]; then \
 # Apply any patches needed to CKAN core or any of the built extensions (not the
 # runtime mounted ones)
 # See https://github.com/okfn/docker-ckan#applying-patches
-COPY patches ${APP_DIR}/
+
+COPY ./patches ${APP_DIR}/patches
 
 RUN for d in ${APP_DIR}/patches/*; do \
         if [ -d $d ]; then \
diff --git a/ckan/patches/00_test_test.patch b/ckan/patches/00_test_test.patch
index e69de29..30d74d2 100644
--- a/ckan/patches/00_test_test.patch
+++ b/ckan/patches/00_test_test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test
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