diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 885fb432413b83b2dfb7d9d83c8582a0d68eaa17..f1213efd5fe32cf37e9c5380ca50ad9101414903 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ COPY .env .env
 # Install python packages
 COPY . .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+COPY python_startup/ ~/.ipython/profile_default/startup/
+
 
diff --git a/python_startup/00_load.py b/python_startup/00_load.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c07808f5c7502d5c27937c683f1b6ee2efea1e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python_startup/00_load.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from 01_load_db import db_connect, get_table
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db_load.py b/python_startup/01_load_db.py
similarity index 100%
rename from db_load.py
rename to python_startup/01_load_db.py