diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cf619244dafee5451ae79f68abdf8f7fa40fffb2..6a281c64c0703643eb9149dbd919f3491787c45c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ COPY .env .env
 # Install python packages
 COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
-RUN sudo mkdir /usr/src/app/startup/
-RUN sudo export IPYTHONDIR /usr/src/app/startup/
-COPY python_startup/ /usr/src/app/startup/
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app/startup/
+RUN export IPYTHONDIR ./
+COPY python_startup/ ./