diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8ff7af23..160a8f41 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,27 +1,23 @@
-FROM python:3.7
+FROM python:3.7-slim
 
-ENV PATH=/root/.local/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
+WORKDIR /app
 
-# install node and yarn
-RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get -y install postgresql-client
+COPY Pipfile Pipfile.lock /app/
 
-# config project dir
-RUN mkdir /crc-workflow
-WORKDIR /crc-workflow
+RUN pip install pipenv && \
+  apt-get update && \
+  apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    gcc python3-dev libssl-dev postgresql-client git-core && \
+  pipenv install --dev && \
+  apt-get remove -y gcc python3-dev libssl-dev && \
+  apt-get purge -y --auto-remove && \
+  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/ *
 
-# install python requirements
-RUN pip install pipenv
-ADD Pipfile /crc-workflow/
-ADD Pipfile.lock /crc-workflow/
-RUN pipenv install --dev
+COPY . /app/
 
-# include rejoiner code (gets overriden by local changes)
-COPY . /crc-workflow/
-
-# run webserver by default
-ENV FLASK_APP=./crc/__init__.py
-CMD ["pipenv", "run", "python", "./run.py"]
+ENV FLASK_APP=/app/crc/__init__.py
+CMD ["pipenv", "run", "flask", "db", "upgrade"]
+CMD ["pipenv", "run", "python", "/app/run.py"]
 
 # expose ports
 EXPOSE 5000