diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cf18aca..6c487cc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ RUN d="@$(date '+%s')" ; \
     find /usr/local/lib/ -name '*.pyc' -exec touch -m -d "$d" {} + ; \
     find /usr/local/lib/ -name __pycache__ -exec touch -m -d "$d" {} +
 
+WORKDIR /pycache
+RUN find /usr/local/ -type f -name '*.py[co]' -printf '%P\0' \
+    | sort -zV \
+    | tar -C /usr/local --null -T - -cf - \
+    | tar -xf -
+
 ## ---
 
 FROM deps
@@ -76,12 +82,10 @@ COPY /Dockerfile /usr/local/share/
 COPY --from=setup /etc/apt/keyrings/angie.gpg.asc        /etc/apt/keyrings/
 COPY --from=setup /etc/apt/sources.list.d/angie.sources  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
 
-## RFC: Python cache
-## TODO: reduce load by selecting only __pycache__ directories in either way
-COPY --from=pycache /usr/local/lib/  /usr/local/lib/
+COPY /j2cfg/ /usr/local/lib/j2cfg/
 
-## already copied by statement above
-# COPY /j2cfg/ /usr/local/lib/j2cfg/
+## RFC: Python cache
+COPY --from=pycache /pycache/  /usr/local/
 
 ENV ANGIE_MODULES_DIR=/usr/lib/angie/modules