diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a42f474..e93c2f3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -125,4 +125,7 @@ DockerFile
 # Go compiled binaries
 app/*/api/api
 app/*/rpc/rpc
-app/*/mq/mq
\ No newline at end of file
+app/*/mq/mq
+
+# Build artifacts
+.bake.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/dev/build.py b/deploy/dev/build.py
index 441b80c..b6361cf 100644
--- a/deploy/dev/build.py
+++ b/deploy/dev/build.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import json
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
-import tempfile
 from glob import glob
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -100,21 +99,20 @@ def main():
         "target": targets,
     }
 
-    fd, bakefile = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix="juwan-bake-", suffix=".json")
+    bakefile = ROOT_DIR / ".bake.json"
     try:
-        with os.fdopen(fd, "w") as f:
-            json.dump(bake, f, indent=2)
+        bakefile.write_text(json.dumps(bake, indent=2))
         print(f"Generated {len(targets)} targets -> {bakefile}")
 
         names = list(targets.keys())
         for i in range(0, len(names), BAKE_BATCH_SIZE):
             batch = names[i : i + BAKE_BATCH_SIZE]
             subprocess.run(
-                ["docker", "buildx", "bake", "--load", "-f", bakefile, *batch],
+                ["docker", "buildx", "bake", "--load", "-f", str(bakefile), *batch],
                 check=True,
             )
     finally:
-        os.unlink(bakefile)
+        bakefile.unlink(missing_ok=True)
 
 
 main()