diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 315725278346c36b76ded54d9b20fcc474af45a1..6a281c64c0703643eb9149dbd919f3491787c45c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ COPY .env .env
 # Install python packages
 COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
-
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app/startup/
+RUN export IPYTHONDIR ./
+COPY python_startup/ ./