diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6a281c64c0703643eb9149dbd919f3491787c45c..cf857c1beb520c6a8174988439d8255c22f5f138 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ COPY .env .env
 COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app/startup/
-RUN export IPYTHONDIR ./
+RUN export IPYTHONDIR=$(pwd)
 COPY python_startup/ ./