diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 2d647d2..bc5be79 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ WORKDIR /maap-api-nasa
 COPY pyproject.toml poetry.lock ./
 RUN touch README.md
 
-RUN poetry install --without dev && rm -rf $POETRY_CACHE_DIR
+RUN poetry install --without dev --no-root && rm -rf $POETRY_CACHE_DIR
 
 FROM python:3.9-slim as runtime
 
@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@ ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/maap-api-nasa/.venv \
 
 COPY --from=builder ${VIRTUAL_ENV} ${VIRTUAL_ENV}
 
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git python3-psycopg2 \
+    && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 COPY api /maap-api-nasa/api
-COPY api/settings.py /maap-api-nasa/api/settings.py
 COPY logging.conf /maap-api-nasa/logging.conf
 RUN mkdir /logs
 
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-local.yml b/docker/docker-compose-local.yml
index a3460aa..2409793 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-local.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-local.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ services:
       sh -c "flask run --host=0.0.0.0"
     environment:
       FLASK_APP: /maap-api-nasa/api/maapapp.py
+      DATABASE_URL: postgresql://maapuser:mysecretpassword@db/maap
     restart: always
     logging:
       driver: "json-file"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1256c5c..34e76fa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ description = "NASA Python implementation of the MAAP API specification"
 authors = ["MAAP-Project Platform <platform@MAAP-Project.github.com>"]
 license = "Apache 2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
-packages = [
-    {include = "api"}
-]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.9.0"