diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e68b00630d9c7895567c74e899fb978a6452a87a..cf619244dafee5451ae79f68abdf8f7fa40fffb2 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
-#WORKDIR /usr/src/app/startup/
-#RUN export IPYTHONDIR /usr/src/app/startup/
-#COPY python_startup/ /usr/src/app/startup/
+RUN sudo mkdir /usr/src/app/startup/
+RUN sudo export IPYTHONDIR /usr/src/app/startup/
+COPY python_startup/ /usr/src/app/startup/