diff --git a/.github/workflows/images.yaml b/.github/workflows/images.yaml
index d0f48700..9c0d7ba3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/images.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 name: Docker Dev Images Build
 
-
-
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
@@ -16,6 +14,16 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - target: main
+            file: Dockerfile
+            image_name: librechat-rag-api-dev
+          - target: lite
+            file: Dockerfile.lite
+            image_name: librechat-rag-api-dev-lite
+
     steps:
       # Check out the repository
       - name: Checkout
@@ -37,14 +45,15 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      # Build and push Docker image
-      - name: Build and push Docker image
+      # Build and push Docker images for each target
+      - name: Build and push Docker images
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
         with:
           context: .
-          file: Dockerfile
+          file: ${{ matrix.file }}
           push: true
           tags: |
-            ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/librechat-rag-api-dev:${{ github.sha }}
-            ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/librechat-rag-api-dev:latest
+            ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ matrix.image_name }}:${{ github.sha }}
+            ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ matrix.image_name }}:latest
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
diff --git a/Dockerfile.lite b/Dockerfile.lite
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06d7d04d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.lite
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+FROM python:3.10 AS base
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install pandoc and netcat
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y pandoc netcat-openbsd \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY requirements.lite.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.lite.txt
+
+COPY . .
+
+FROM base AS lite
+CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 8a3bba09..86adfa02 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 from shutil import copyfileobj
 from langchain.schema import Document
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
-from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 from dotenv import find_dotenv, load_dotenv
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from langchain_core.runnables.config import run_in_executor
diff --git a/requirements.lite.txt b/requirements.lite.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81bbf4ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.lite.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+langchain==0.1.12
+langchain_community==0.0.28
+langchain_openai==0.0.8
+langchain_core==0.1.32
+sqlalchemy==2.0.28
+python-dotenv==1.0.1
+fastapi==0.110.0
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.9
+pgvector==0.2.5
+uvicorn==0.28.0
+pypdf==4.1.0
+unstructured==0.12.6
+markdown==3.6
+networkx==3.2.1
+pandas==2.2.1
+openpyxl==3.1.2
+docx2txt==0.8
+pypandoc==1.13
+python-jose==3.3.0
+asyncpg==0.29.0
+python-multipart==0.0.9
+aiofiles==23.2.1