diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 5d20aa7..300acaa 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@ FROM python:3.10.9
 WORKDIR /tmp
 RUN python -m venv venv
 COPY ./requirements.txt /code/requirements.txt
+RUN . venv/bin/activate
 RUN python -m pip install -r /code/requirements.txt
+COPY venv /code/venv
 
 WORKDIR /code
-COPY ./ /code
+COPY app app
+COPY main.py main.py
+COPY config.py config.py
+COPY boot.sh boot.sh
+COPY migrations migrations
 CMD sh boot.sh
diff --git a/backend/boot.sh b/backend/boot.sh
index 0743b5d..19b9522 100755
--- a/backend/boot.sh
+++ b/backend/boot.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 . ./venv/bin/activate
 
-pip install -r ./requirements.txt
-
 flask db upgrade
 
 exec gunicorn -b :5000 --access-logfile - --error-logfile - main:app