diff --git a/services/identity/Dockerfile b/services/identity/Dockerfile
index 90d726a5f..b2e0e51bf 100644
--- a/services/identity/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/identity/Dockerfile
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 FROM rust:1.61
 
 # Create a new user comm and use it to run subsequent commands
 RUN useradd -m comm
 USER comm
 
 # The build.rs script depends on rustfmt
 RUN rustup component add rustfmt
 
 RUN mkdir -p /home/comm/app/identity
 WORKDIR /home/comm/app/identity
 RUN cargo init --bin
 
 COPY services/identity/Cargo.toml services/identity/Cargo.lock ./
 
 # Cache build dependencies in a new layer
 RUN cargo build --release
 RUN rm src/*.rs
 
 COPY services/identity .
-COPY shared/protos/identity.proto protos/
+COPY shared/protos/identity.proto ../../shared/protos/
 
 # Remove the previously-built binary so that only the application itself is
 # rebuilt
 RUN rm ./target/release/deps/identity*
 
 RUN cargo build --release
 RUN target/release/identity keygen
 
 CMD ["./target/release/identity", "server"]
diff --git a/services/identity/build.rs b/services/identity/build.rs
index 23575c8c6..7a5c3d9ff 100644
--- a/services/identity/build.rs
+++ b/services/identity/build.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-  tonic_build::compile_protos("protos/identity.proto")?;
+  tonic_build::compile_protos("../../shared/protos/identity.proto")?;
   Ok(())
 }