diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c5b7ffd0..3cde5a4d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # Multi-stage Dockerfile for production deployment
 FROM node:18-alpine AS base
 
-# Install git for cloning bible repository
-RUN apk add --no-cache git
+# Production stage
 
 # Backend stage
 FROM base AS backend
@@ -39,11 +38,8 @@ COPY --from=frontend-build /app/frontend/build ./frontend/build
 # Copy docker-compose configuration
 COPY docker-compose.yml ./
 
-# Clone ESV Bible repository
-RUN git clone https://github.com/lguenth/mdbible.git /tmp/mdbible && \
-    mkdir -p /app/bible-data && \
-    cp -r /tmp/mdbible/by_chapter/* /app/bible-data/ && \
-    rm -rf /tmp/mdbible
+# Copy ESV Bible data from repository
+COPY ESV /app/bible-data
 
 # Copy NKJV Bible data from repository
 COPY NKJV /app/NKJV
diff --git a/backend/src/index.js b/backend/src/index.js
index 8efd2a5c..47784f69 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.js
+++ b/backend/src/index.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../../frontend/build')));
 app.use('/logos', express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../../frontend/logos')));
 
 // Bible data directories
-const ESV_DATA_DIR = path.join(__dirname, '../../bible-data'); // ESV from mdbible
+const ESV_DATA_DIR = path.join(__dirname, '../../bible-data'); // ESV local files
 const NKJV_DATA_DIR = path.join(__dirname, '../../NKJV'); // NKJV local files
 
 // Initialize search engines for each version